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chorten
[ chawr-ten ]
noun
- (in Tibet) a monument to a distinguished Buddhist, especially a lama.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chorten1
1890–95; < Tibetan chörten (spelling mchod rten )
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Example Sentences
The ostensible object of his journey was to visit the sacred Chorten at Khatmandu and the shrines of Benares.
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Here, too, they were busy making clay images to bury under the Chorten that they were building above the monastery.
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I was told that the centre Chorten had been built over a very bad demon, and that it kept him down.
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