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dagaba

dagaba is the alternative form of dagoba.

Meaning of dagoba

Noun

dagoba (plural dagobas)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of stupa, particularly the white stupas of Sri Lanka.
    • There, the interviewer, a Tamil professor, asked him only one question: to describe the shape of a dagoba, a Buddhist temple2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 20
    Synonyms:
    stupa, particularly the white stupas of Sri Lanka
  2. Synonym of chorten, a stupa in the usual Tibetan style, white and spindle-shaped.
    Synonyms:
    chorten

Forms of dagaba

pluraldagabas

Questions about dagaba

What is dagaba the alternative form of?
Dagaba is the alternative form of dagoba.

Words near dagaba in the dictionary

  1. dag out
  2. dag sandwich
  3. Daga
  4. Dagaaba
  5. Dagaare
  6. dagaba
  7. dagabas
  8. dagame
  9. Dagami
  10. Dagan
  11. Dagana

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