Mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the ashes of Buddhist monks, used by Buddhists as a place of meditation.
1The topmost terrace is crowned by a large cupola, or dagoba.
2By command of the King, a special tomb was built for Hanuman, in the shape of the traditional bell-shaped shrine, or dagoba.
3At some remote period a bird has dropped the seed of the banian tree (ficus Indicus) upon the decaying summit of a dagoba.
4Two hundred and sixty feet from the base the Dagoba rears its lofty summit.
5For an account of the present condition of this Dagoba at Bintenne, see Vol.
6In the Sanscrit these are termed Chaitya and Dagoba.
7Around the base of the Dagoba on the upper terrace are eight small entrances with highly-ornamented exteriors.
85: Another name for the Ruanwellé dagoba, which he had built.
9We had to get there before dusk: the sunset over the dagobas was the best in Sri Lanka, they said.
10The Dagoba is a solid mass of brickwork in the shape of a dome, which rises from the upper terrace.
11The great Dagoba now remains a heap of mouldering brickwork, still retaining its form, but shorn of all its beauty.
12In the centre, standing in a spacious circle, rises the great Dagoba, forming a grand coup d'oeil from the entrance gate.
133: The Abhayagiri dagoba at Anarajapoora, built B.C.
14The Dagoba resembles the temple of Bhood, but is only about half its size; the spire is covered with plates of copper, gilt.
15The White Dagoba is regarded as the palladium of the Empire, and stands at the very centre of the loveliest part of the palace grounds.