"gompa" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gompas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan དགོན་པ (dgon pa). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bo|དགོན་པ}} Tibetan དགོན་པ (dgon pa) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gompa (plural gompas)
  1. (Buddhism) A Buddhist ecclesiastical fortification of learning, lineage and sadhana in Tibet, India, Nepal, or Bhutan. Wikipedia link: gompa Categories (topical): Buddhism, Buildings Translations (Buddhist fortification of learning): 喇嘛寺 (lǎmasì) (Chinese Mandarin), 貢巴 (Chinese Mandarin), 贡巴 (gòngbā) (Chinese Mandarin), 喇嘛庙 (lǎmamiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 喇嘛廟 (Chinese Mandarin), དགོན་པ (dgon pa) (Dzongkha), luostari (Finnish), gompa [masculine] (Portuguese), དགོན་པ (dgon pa) (Tibetan)

Inflected forms

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