ภวังค์
pá-wangMeanings
1NounC1
trance; absorbed state; reverie
A state of deep mental absorption or trance in which one is detached from surroundings; also a dreamy or dazed reverie.
Examples
เธอtəəเธอtəə1you (informal; familiar)2she; herนั่งnângนั่งnâng1[to] sit; sit down2[to] take; ride [sth] (vehicle)เหม่อmə̀əเหม่อmə̀ə1[to] daydream; zone out2absent-minded; dreamy; distractedเหมือนmʉ̌ʉanเหมือนmʉ̌ʉan1similar; alike2like; as3as if; as thoughจมjomจมjom1[to] sink; go under (liquid)2[to] be immersed; be buried; be stuck (literal/figurative)3sunken; recessed; embeddedอยู่ในyùu-naiอยู่ในyùu-nai[to] be in [somewhere]ภวังค์pá-wangภวังค์pá-wang1trance; absorbed state; reverie2bhavaṅga (mind’s resting state)จนjonจนjon1poor2until; up to3so ... that; to the point ofไม่ทันmâi-tanไม่ทันmâi-tan1not in time; too late2[to] miss [sth]; fail to be in time (for [sth])3[to] not keep up (with [sb]/[sth]); be outpaced4[to] not get the chance to (do [sth])ได้ยินdâi-yinได้ยินdâi-yin1[to] hear2[to] hear of; be told; learn (by hearing)ที่tîiที่tîi1place; spot; seat; space2at; in; to (a place)3classifier: places; seats; individual servings4that/which/who (relative marker)5when; the time that (time marker)6ordinal markerฉันchǎnฉันchǎn1I; me2[to] eat (of Buddhist monks and novices)เรียกrîiakเรียกrîiak1[to] call [sb/sth] (by name); name2[to] call out; summon; hail3[to] ask for; charge; demand4[to] draw attention; bring out a reaction
She sat daydreaming as if lost in a trance and didn’t hear me calling.
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ขณะkà-nàฟังfangเพลงช้าplayng cháaๆ-เขาkăoก็gâwหลุดlùtเข้าไปในkâo bpai naiภวังค์pá-wangรู้สึกrúu-sèukแยกตัวyâek dtuuaจากjàakเสียงsĭiangคนรอบข้างkon rôp kâang
While listening to slow music, he drifted into a trance, feeling detached from the surrounding voices.
บทกวีbòt-gà-wiiทำให้tam-hâiฉันchǎnเคลิบเคลิ้มklə̂əp-klə́əmเข้าสู่kâo-sùuภวังค์pá-wangราวกับraao-gàpเวลาwee-laaไหลlǎiช้าลงcháa-longและlɛ́โลกlôokภายนอกpaai-nɔ̂ɔkเลือนหายlʉʉan-hǎai
The poem lulled me into a trance, as if time slowed and the outside world faded.
เธอtəəกล่าวglàaoอย่างyàangล่องลอยlɔ̂ng-lɔɔiราวraaoยังyangติดอยู่dtìt-yùuในnaiภวังค์pá-wangความคิดkwaam-kítพาใจpaa-jaiออกไปɔ̀ɔk-bpaiไกลglaiเกินกว่าgəən-gwàaจะjàใส่ใจsài-jaiสิ่งsìngรอบตัวrɔ̂ɔp-dtuua
She spoke dreamily as if still in a trance, her thoughts carrying her too far to pay attention to her surroundings.
2NounC2
bhavaṅga (mind’s resting state)
In Buddhist psychology, the underlying flow or subconscious resting state of the mind between active cognitive processes.
Examples
ในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of; belonging to (formal)อภิธรรมà-pí-tamอภิธรรมà-pí-tamAbhidhamma; higher doctrineอธิบายà-tí-baaiอธิบายà-tí-baai[to] explain; clarifyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeจิตjìtจิตjìt1mind; psyche2mind; consciousness; spirit (Buddhist/psychological)3mind; mental- (bound form)มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoภวังค์pá-wangภวังค์pá-wang1trance; absorbed state; reverie2bhavaṅga (mind’s resting state)เป็นกระแสbpen-grà-sɛ̌ɛเป็นกระแสbpen-grà-sɛ̌ɛ[to] be trending; [to] go viralพื้นหลังpʉ́ʉn-lǎngพื้นหลังpʉ́ʉn-lǎng1background; backdrop (visual)2wallpaper; background image (UI)3background; backstory (personal or historical)4background (computing: process state)คอยkɔɔiคอยkɔɔi1[to] wait (for [sb]/[sth])2keep (doing); regularly (do)3[to] be on standby; be readyรองรับrɔɔng-rápรองรับrɔɔng-ráp1[to] support; bear (physically)2[to] accommodate; be compatible withระหว่างrá-wàangระหว่างrá-wàang1between; among2during3interval; in-between timeกระบวนการgrà-buuan-gaanกระบวนการgrà-buuan-gaanprocess; procedureรู้rúuรู้rúu1[to] know; be aware of2[to] realize; find out; learn3[to] know how; know the proper way to act4[to] feel; sense; perceiveแต่ละdtɛ̀ɛ-láแต่ละdtɛ̀ɛ-láeach (item considered separately)ขณะkà-nàขณะkà-nà1moment; period of time2while; at the time when
In the Abhidhamma it is explained that the mind has bhavaṅga as a background flow that supports intervals between cognitive moments.
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อาจารย์aa-jaanย้ำyámว่าwâaภวังค์pá-wangไม่ใช่mâi-châiความkwaamเหม่อลอยmə̀ə-lɔɔiแต่dtɛ̀ɛเป็นbpenสภาวะsà-paa-wáพักpákของkɔ̌ɔngจิตjìtที่tîiทำหน้าที่tam-nâa-tîiสืบต่อภักติsʉ̀ʉp-dtɔ̀ɔ-pák-dtìกระแสgrà-sɛ̌ɛระหว่างrá-wàangวิถีจิตwí-tǐi-jìt
The teacher stressed that bhavaṅga is not daydreaming but the resting state of the mind that maintains continuity between cognitive processes.
เมื่อmʉ̂ʉaไม่มีmâi-miiอารมณ์aa-romมาmaaกระทบgrà-tópจิตjìtจะjàอาศัยaa-sǎiภวังค์pá-wangเป็นbpenฉากหลังchàak-lǎngจนกว่าจะjon-gwàa-jàเกิดgə̀ətวิถีจิตwí-tǐi-jìtใหม่màiขึ้นมาkʉ̂n-maa
When no objects impinge upon it, the mind relies on bhavaṅga as a backdrop until a new cognitive process arises.
นักวิจัยnák-wí-jaiพยายามpá-yaa-yaamอธิบายà-tí-baaiภวังค์pá-wangเชิงเปรียบเทียบchəəng-bprìiap-tîiapว่าwâaเสมือนsà-mʉ̌ʉanสายน้ำsǎai-náamใต้dtâaiธารtaanความคิดkwaam-kítที่tîiคงkongความต่อเนื่องkwaam-dtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉangของkɔ̌ɔngตัวตนdtuua-dtonเชิงchəəngประสบการณ์bprà-sòp-gaanโดยdooiไม่ต้องmâi-dtɔ̂ngมีmiiการรู้gaan-rúuตัวdtuuaชัดเจนchát-jeen
Researchers attempt to describe bhavaṅga metaphorically as a current beneath the stream of thought that preserves experiential continuity without explicit awareness.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
Why is ภวังค์ said พะ-วัง?
pá-wang
The tone rules below use the spoken syllables.
2 syllables · pick one to see its rule
How the tone is decided
- Consonant classLow class
- Tone markNo tone mark
- Syllable endingDead syllableShort vowelA short vowel with no final consonant, so it is dead.
Low class consonants
คฅฆงชซฌญฑฒณทธนพฟภมยรลวฬฮ
Result
High tone
pá
Starts high and keeps climbing.
Low class + No tone mark + Dead syllable · Short vowel → High
Tone chart
Every class and spelling pattern, with this syllable outlined.
| Mid class | High class | Low class | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No mark + live | Mid | Rising | Mid |
| No mark + dead short | Low | Low | High |
| No mark + dead long | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai ek | Low | Low | Falling |
| Mai tho | Falling | Falling | High |
| Mai tri | High | — | — |
| Mai chattawa | Rising | — | — |