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stupa

mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the ashes of Buddhist monks, used by Buddhists as a place of meditation
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stupa

Summary

stupa ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,166 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • stupa is a type of religious building[2].
  • stupa is part of Buddhism[3].
  • stupa's Commons category is recorded as Stupas[4].
  • stupa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Stupas[5].
  • stupa's Commons gallery is recorded as Stupa[6].
  • stupa's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as tower:type=stupa[7].
  • stupa's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • stupa's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9].
  • stupa's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[10].
  • stupa's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • stupa's different from is recorded as Stupa, Dubrovačko primorje[12].

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Definition and Type

stupa is a type of religious building[2].

Use and Application

stupa is part of Buddhism[3].

Why It Matters

stupa ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,166 views/month).[1] stupa has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] stupa is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Buddhism
    Different from → Stupa, Dubrovačko primorje
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → religious building
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26044, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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