tope: see stupa stupa [Sanskrit,=mound], Buddhist monument in tumulus, or mound, form, often containing relics. The words tope and dagoba are synonymous, though the latter properly refers only to a Sinhalese Buddhist stupa.
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tope
A Buddhist memorial mound, erected to enshrine a relic or to commemorate a sacred site; consists of an artificial mound, raised on a platform and surrounded by an outer ambulatory with a stone railing and four gateways, crowned by a multiple sunshade.
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tope
1. a small grey requiem shark, Galeorhinus galeus, of European coastal waters
2. any of various other small sharks
stupa, tope
stupa topped by a chattravali
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