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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

स्तूपstūpa1 A heap, pile, mound (of earth &c.); ब़टुभि- रुपहृतानां बर्हिषां स्तूपमेतत् Mu.3.15.
1. 1 A heap, pile, mound (of earth etc.); ब़टुभि- रुपहृतानां बर्हिषां स्तूपमेतत् Mu.3.15.
2. A Buddhistic monument, or kind of Tope erected for keeping sacred relics, as those of Buddha.
3. A funeral pile.
4. Strength, power.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पृष्ठः a turtle, tortoise.
- -मण्डलम् circumference of a tope.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

स्तूपstūpa[stû́pa] m. tuft of hair, top of the head (V.); main beam of a house (S., rare); tope (a dome-shaped monument…

[stû́pa] masculine tuft of hair, top of the head (Veda, Vedic); main beam of a house (Sûtra, rare); tope (a dome-shaped monument containing relics among Buddhists and Jains).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

स्तूपstūpa&c. see p. 1260, col. 1 .
1. etc. see page and participle 1260, column 1 .
2. masculine gender (according to to Sa1y. from √स्त्यै according to to Un2. from √3. स्तु; probably connected with स्तुप्/अ, under √3. स्तु) a knot or tuft of hair, the upper part of the head, crest, top, summit ([confer, compare Greek στύπος]) fg-veda TS.
3. masculine gender Pan5cavBr.
4. masculine gender a heap or pile of earth or bricks etc., (especially) a Buddhist Buddhist monument, dagoba (generally of a pyramidal or dome-like form and erected over sacred relics of the great Buddha बुद्ध or on spots consecrated as the scenes of his acts) MWB. 504
5. masculine gender any relic-shrine or relic-casket (made of various materials, such as terra cotta, clay, elaborately formed brick or carved stone; often very small and portable, and enclosing a fragment of bone or a hair etc. of some saint or deceased relative, or inscribed with a sacred formula; these are carried long distances and deposited in hallowed spots such as Buddha-Gaya1 बुद्ध-गया) MWB. 397, 504
6. masculine gender any heap, pile, mound, tope Hcat.
7. masculine gender the main beam (of a house) A1pGr2.
8. masculine gender (Lexicographersalso, "wind; fight; Equivalent to कूल; Equivalent to बल; Equivalent to निष्प्रयोजन") .
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अगारस्तूपagārastūpam. the chief beam of a house, A1pGr2.

masculine gender the chief beam of a house, A1pGr2.

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अरुषस्तूपaruṣastūpa(अरुष्/अ) mfn. having a fiery tuft (as Agni अग्नि) RV. iii, 29, 3.

(अरुष्/अ) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having a fiery tuft (as Agni अग्नि) fg-veda iii, 29, 3.

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घरिणीस्तूपghariṇīstūpam. N. of a Buddh. Buddhist tope, 446 .

masculine gender Name of a Buddh. Buddhist tope, 446 .

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द्रोणस्तूपdroṇastūpam. N. of a Stu1pa स्तूप (said to contain a D Dro4n2a द्रोण holding relics of Gautama गौतम Buddha बुद्ध) Buddh.

masculine gender Name of a Stu1pa स्तूप (said to contain a D Dro4n2a द्रोण holding relics of Gautama गौतम Buddha बुद्ध) Buddh.

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धातुस्तूपdhātustūpam. (with Buddh.) "relic-receptacle", a Da1gaba Dagaba MWB. 504 Ka1ran2d2.

masculine gender (with Buddh.) "relic-receptacle", a Da1gaba Dagaba MWB. 504 Ka1ran2d2.

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निवर्तनस्तूपnivartanastūpam. N. of a Stu1pa स्तूप erected at the spot where the charioteer of Buddha बुद्ध returned.

masculine gender Name of a Stu1pa स्तूप erected at the spot where the charioteer of Buddha बुद्ध returned.

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पीलुसारस्तूपpīlusārastūpam. N. of a Stupa स्तुप ib.

masculine gender Name of a Stupa स्तुप ibidem

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