卒そ塔と婆ば

noun

stupa; dagoba

Buddhist term for a mound-like structure containing relics; from Sanskrit stūpa. In Japanese contexts, often refers to the five-tiered stone pagoda shape.

from Sanskrit stūpa

See also: 塔

• この寺てらには古ふるい卒そ塔と婆ばが残のこっている。

  An old stupa remains at this temple.

noun

wooden grave tablet

A tall, narrow wooden board set up at a grave, inscribed with a posthumous Buddhist name and a mantra. Common in Japanese Buddhist funerary practice.

See also: 板塔婆

• お盆ぼんには墓はかに新あたらしい卒そ塔と婆ばを立たてる。

  During Obon, we set up a new wooden grave tablet at the grave.