Daenam

Lit., "Knowledge", the principle of understanding in man, rational Soul, or Manas, according to the Avesia. Dag, Dagon (Hch.). "Fish" and also "Messiah". Dagon was the Chaldean man-fish Cannes, the mysterious being w^ho arose daily out of the depths of the sea to teach peoph^ every useful science. He was also called Annedotus. Dagoba (Sk.), or Stupa. Lit: a sacred mound or tower for Buddhist lioly relics. These are pyramidal-looking mounds scattered all over India and Buddhist countries, such as Ceylon, Burmah, Central Asia, etc. They are of various sizes, and generally contain some small relics oi Saints or those claimed to have belonged to Gautama, The Buddha. As the human body is supposed to consist of 8-4,000 dhdtus (organic cells with definite vital functions in them), Asoka is said for this reason to have built 84,000 dhdtu-gopas or Dagobas in honour of every cell of the Buddha's body, each of which has now become a dharmadhdtu or holy relic. There is in Ceylon a Dhatu-gopa at Anuradhapura, said to date from 160 years B.C. They are now built pyramid-like, but the primitive Dagobas were all shaped like towers with a cupola and several tchhatra (umbrellas) over them. Eitel states that the Chinese Dagobas have all from 7 to 14 tchhatras over them, a number which is symbolical of the human body.