स्तूप

Hindi

The Great Stupa at Sanchi, in Madhya Pradesh, India

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्तूप (stūpa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /st̪uːp/, /st̪uː.pə.ᵊ/, [st̪uː.pɐ.ᵊ]

Noun

स्तूप • (stūp) m

1. (Buddhism) a stupa

Declension

Declension of स्तूप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	स्तूप stūp	स्तूप stūp
oblique	स्तूप stūp	स्तूपों stūpõ
vocative	स्तूप stūp	स्तूपो stūpo

Further reading

• स्तूप on the Hindi Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^hi
• Category:Stupas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্তূপ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬢᬹᬧ (Balinese script)
• স্তূপ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰳𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀽𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• သ္တူပ (Burmese script)
• સ્તૂપ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੑਤੂਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍂𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦠꦹꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂴𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ತೂಪ (Kannada script)
• ស្តូប (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ຕູປ (Lao script)
• സ്തൂപ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢠᡠᡠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘴𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢐᠤᠤᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧕𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐹𑐥 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ତୂପ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢡꢹꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆷𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖳𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්තූප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩒𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚱𑚞 (Takri script)
• ஸ்தூப (Tamil script)
• స్తూప (Telugu script)
• สฺตูป (Thai script)
• སྟཱུ་པ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒴𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨃𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to स्तुका (stukā, “tuft of hair”). Outside of Indo-Iranian, has been compared with Ancient Greek στυππεῖον (stuppeîon, “coarse hemp fiber”), στῡ́φω (stū́phō, “to contract, draw together”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /stuː.pɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪t̪uː.pɐ/

Noun

स्तूप • (stūpa) stem, m

1. knot or tuft of hair on one's head
2. the upper part of the head
3. mound, heap
4. pile of earth or bricks; especially Buddhist monuments such as stupas or dagobas
5. a relic shrine or casket, containing bone or hair from a deceased relative or saint, or inscribed with a sacred formula

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of स्तूप (stūpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	स्तूपः stūpaḥ	स्तूपौ / स्तूपा¹ stūpau / stūpā¹	स्तूपाः / स्तूपासः¹ stūpāḥ / stūpāsaḥ¹
Vocative	स्तूप stūpa	स्तूपौ / स्तूपा¹ stūpau / stūpā¹	स्तूपाः / स्तूपासः¹ stūpāḥ / stūpāsaḥ¹
Accusative	स्तूपम् stūpam	स्तूपौ / स्तूपा¹ stūpau / stūpā¹	स्तूपान् stūpān
Instrumental	स्तूपेन stūpena	स्तूपाभ्याम् stūpābhyām	स्तूपैः / स्तूपेभिः¹ stūpaiḥ / stūpebhiḥ¹
Dative	स्तूपाय stūpāya	स्तूपाभ्याम् stūpābhyām	स्तूपेभ्यः stūpebhyaḥ
Ablative	स्तूपात् stūpāt	स्तूपाभ्याम् stūpābhyām	स्तूपेभ्यः stūpebhyaḥ
Genitive	स्तूपस्य stūpasya	स्तूपयोः stūpayoḥ	स्तूपानाम् stūpānām
Locative	स्तूपे stūpe	स्तूपयोः stūpayoḥ	स्तूपेषु stūpeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• स्तुप (stupa)

Descendants

• Pali: thūpa
• Prakrit: 𑀣𑀽𑀯 (thūva)
• → Thai: สถูป (sà-tùup)
• → English: stupa

→Tatsama:

• Hindi: स्तूप (stūp)
• Telugu: స్తూపము (stūpamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्तूप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1260, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 760
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 516
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stupa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 790