stupa, n.All

A Stupa (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠two rice bowls, one covering the other, as Buddha himself directed — the visible dome is only the upper bowl; one must imagine the other buried in the earth.