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chorten

[ chawr-ten ]

noun

  1. (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.

Here, too, they were busy making clay images to bury under the Chorten that they were building above the monastery.

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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