ธุดงควัตร
tú-dong-ká-wát
Meanings
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ascetic practices (Buddhism)
A set of thirteen optional ascetic practices for Buddhist monks, such as eating only one meal a day or living in the forest, undertaken to deepen spiritual practice.
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พระpráพระprá1Buddhist monk2honorific prefix/title3divine; holy (as modifier)4Buddha image; amuletบางbaangบางbaang1some; certain2thin; slightรูปrôopรูปrôop1picture; photo; image2shape; form; figure3physique; body shape4Buddha image; statue5grammatical formเลือกlêuuakเลือกlêuuak1[to] choose; select; pick2picky; choosy; selective3[to] electที่จะtêe jàที่จะtêe jà1that/which/who will; that is/are going to2to (after a noun/adj; infinitival 'to')ถือtĕuuaถือtĕuua1[to] hold; carry (by hand)2[to] bring/take (in hand)3[to] regard; consider; deem4[to] observe; keep (rules, precepts, fast)5[to] be strict/particular about6to count as; treat asธุดงควัตรtú-dong-ká-wátธุดงควัตรtú-dong-ká-wátascetic practices (Buddhism)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofฝึกฝนfèuk fŏnฝึกฝนfèuk fŏn1[to] practice; train [sb]/[oneself] (repeatedly)2[to] cultivate; refine [skills/discipline]ตนเองdton ayngตนเองdton ayng1oneself (reflexive pronoun)2one's own (possessive)3the self; one's identityให้hâiให้hâi1[to] give; provide2[to] have [sb] do; cause to3for (benefit of)4so that; in order to5until; to the point that (result)6[to] allow; let; permitเคร่งครัดkrêng krátเคร่งครัดkrêng krát1strict; rigorous2strictly; rigorouslyขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better
Some monks choose to observe the ascetic practices to train themselves more strictly.