Definition of Pagodas. Meaning of Pagodas. Synonyms of Pagodas

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Definition of Pagodas

Pagoda
Pagoda Pa*go"da, n. [Pg. pagoda, pagode, fr.Hind. & Per. but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Per. but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.] 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship. 2. An idol. [R.] --Brande & C. 3. [Prob. so named from the image of a pagoda or a deity (cf. Skr. bhagavat holy, divine) stamped on it.] A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees.

Meaning of Pagodas from wikipedia

- of scaling pagodas. The oldest and tallest pagodas were built of wood, but most that survived were built of brick or stone. Some pagodas are solid with...
- The Three Pagodas of the Chongsheng Temple (Chinese: 崇圣寺三塔; pinyin: Chóngshèng Sì Sāntǎ) are an ensemble of three independent pagodas arranged on the...
- Sand pagodas (Burmese: သဲပုံစေတီ; Thai: พระเจดีย์ทราย, also known as sand stupas), are temporary pagodas or stupas erected from mud or sand as a means...
- Burmese pagodas are stupas that typically house Buddhist relics, including relics ****ociated with Buddha. Pagodas feature prominently in Myanmar's landscape...
- he began constructing Peace Pagodas as shrines to world peace. The first was inaugurated at Kumamoto in 1954. Peace Pagodas were built as a symbol of peace...
- slim book to the actual legend of the seven pagodas (Fyson 28). He recounts a local belief regarding the pagodas, that the god Indra became jealous of this...
- with China creating pagodas using bricks, Korea creating pagodas using stone, and ****an continuing to use wood. Korean stone pagodas were first created...
- Pagodas in ****an are called tō (塔, lit. pagoda), sometimes buttō (仏塔, lit. Buddhist pagoda) or tōba (塔婆, lit. pagoda) and historically derive from the...
- at all Buddhist pagodas. Hiram Cox, the British envoy to the Burmese Court, in 1796, observed the tradition by not visiting the pagoda rather than take...
- The Twin Pagodas are the main remnant of the Ding**** Buddhist temple in Suzhou, China. Twin pagodas are a rare feature of Chinese temples, which usually...