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Sri Pada

Sri Pada proper noun: a conical mountain in central Sri Lanka and a pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and to a lesser extent Syriac Christians, due to a seeming indentation being considered a footprint of the Buddha, Shiva or Hanuman, Adam or the apostle Thomas respectively.

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Proper noun

Sri Pada

  1. A conical mountain in central Sri Lanka and a pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and to a lesser extent Syriac Christians, due to a seeming indentation being considered a footprint of the Buddha, Shiva or Hanuman, Adam or the apostle Thomas respectively.
    Synonyms:
    Adam's Peak

Synonyms of Sri Pada

Forms of Sri Pada

alternative formSripada

Origin of Sri Pada

Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී පාද (śrī pāda, literally “holy footprint”).

Questions about Sri Pada

What does Sri Pada mean?
Sri Pada means a conical mountain in central Sri Lanka and a pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and to a lesser extent Syriac Christians, due to a seeming indentation being considered a footprint of the Buddha, Shiva or Hanuman, Adam or the apostle Thomas respectively.
What part of speech is Sri Pada?
Sri Pada is a proper noun.

Words near Sri Pada in the dictionary

  1. Sri Lankan tussar silk moth
  2. Sri Lankan tussar silk moths
  3. Sri Lankanness
  4. Sri Lankans
  5. Sri Muktsar Sahib
  6. Sri Pada
  7. Sri Sathya Sai
  8. Sribhumi
  9. Sriblianka
  10. SRID
  11. Sridevi

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