gompa

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noun

A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.

OriginTibetan དགོན་པ →
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Meanings

noungompa (plural gompas)

plural gompas

  1. BuddhismA Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan.

    And when finally I got to the end of the five-hour drive over the highest motorable pass in the world, it was to learn that the gompa in Hunder was closed.

    2009 March 13, Pico Iyer, “Heaven’s Gate”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Tibetanདགོན་པ
  2. Englishgompa

Borrowed from Tibetan དགོན་པ (dgon pa).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 喇嘛寺, 貢巴 /贡巴
  • 喇嘛寺 (lǎmasì)Buddhist fortification of learning
  • 貢巴 /贡巴 (gòngbā)Buddhist fortification of learning
  • 喇嘛庙 (lǎmamiào)Buddhist fortification of learning
  • 贡巴 (gòngbā)Buddhist fortification of learning
  • 喇嘛廟 /喇嘛庙 (lǎmamiào)Buddhist fortification of learning
Finnish luostari
  • luostariBuddhist fortification of learning
Portuguese gompa
  • gompaBuddhist fortification of learning
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