See Also: Borobudur(encyclopedia)
Borobudur(tourism)
Borobudur Temple Compounds(tourism)

greenlet (iou) and Borobudur (sh)


greenlet (iou)



greenlet noun. M19.
[from GREEN adjective + -LET: app. formed to render the etym. sense of Latin vireo.]
= VIREO; spec. a member of the S. and Central American genus Hylophilus.

Borobudur (sh)




Buddhist monument in central Java, built งใ 778-850 under the Shailendra dynasty.

Constructed with about 2 million cu ft (57,000 cu m) of gray volcanic stone, it resembles a stepped pyramid. Its base and first five terraces are square; the highest three terraces are circular. Reliefs on its terrace walls represent the ascending stages of enlightenment. The simple and spacious upper circular terraces carry 72 bell-shaped stupas, each containing a statue of the Buddha.


Borobu?ur, Java, Indonesia.

Robert Harding Picture Library/Photobank BKK