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tope:
see stupastupa[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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stupa, tope

stupa topped by a chattravali
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tope
1. a small grey requiem shark, Galeorhinus galeus, of European coastal waters
2. any of various other small sharks
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