วิสาโล
wí-sǎa-looMeaning
1AdjectiveC2
broad; extensive
broad, extensive, or large (a Pali-derived word most commonly used as an ordained name or title for Buddhist monks)
Examples
พระอาจารย์prá-aa-jaanพระอาจารย์prá-aa-jaanVenerable teacher (Buddhist monk)ท่านtânท่านtân1you (formal/polite)2he; she (honorific)3sir; madam4honorific title5classifier (polite for persons)ได้รับdâi-rápได้รับdâi-ráp1[to] receive; get; obtain; be given/granted/awarded2[to] experience; be subjected to; suffer; sustain; be affected by3[to] be ...-ed (passive with ได้รับ/ได้รับการ)ฉายาchǎa-yaaฉายาchǎa-yaanickname; epithet; aliasทางธรรมtaang-tamทางธรรมtaang-tam1religious or spiritual matters; the religious sphere2in religious or moral terms; spirituallyว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell2that (clause marker)3[to] think; consider; deem4[to] scold; reproach; criticizeวิสาโลwí-sǎa-looวิสาโลwí-sǎa-loobroad; extensiveซึ่งsʉ̂ngซึ่งsʉ̂ng1which; that (relative pronoun)2which/and this; introducing explanationแปลว่าbplɛɛ-wâaแปลว่าbplɛɛ-wâa1[to] mean (of a word/symbol); signify2[to] translate as3that means; which means; in other wordsผู้pûuผู้pûu1person; one who … (agentive prefix)2person; people (as a standalone noun in formal/register-bound uses)มีmiiมีmii1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoจิตใจjìt-jaiจิตใจjìt-jai1mind; heart; spirit (inner feelings)2disposition; temperamentกว้างขวางgwâang-kwǎangกว้างขวางgwâang-kwǎang1spacious; roomy; wide2extensive; wide‑ranging; widespread3well‑connected; influential; widely known
The venerable monk received the Dhamma name 'Visalo', which translates to one with a broad mind.
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หนังสือnǎng-sʉ̌ʉธรรมะtam-máของkɔ̌ɔngพระpráไพศาลpai-sǎanวิสาโลwí-sǎa-looช่วยchûuaiเตือนสติdtʉʉan-sà-dtìและlɛ́ให้hâiแง่คิดngɛ̂ɛ-kítแก่gɛ̀ɛคนรุ่นใหม่kon-rûn-màiได้dâaiเป็นอย่างดีbpen-yàang-dii
The Dhamma books by Phra Paisal Visalo perfectly help remind and provide insights to the new generation.
คำว่าkam-wâaวิสาโลwí-sǎa-looในnaiภาษาบาลีpaa-sǎa-baa-liiมักmákถูกtùukนำมาnam-maaตั้งdtângเป็นbpenฉายาchǎa-yaaของkɔ̌ɔngพระภิกษุprá-pík-sùเมื่อmʉ̂ʉaเข้าkâoพิธีอุปสมบทpí-tii-ù-bpà-sǒm-bòt
The word Visalo in Pali is often used as an ordained name for monks upon entering the ordination ceremony.
ฉายานามchǎa-yaa-naamว่าwâaวิสาโลwí-sǎa-looนั้นnánสะท้อนถึงsà-tɔ́ɔn-tʉ̌ngเมตตาธรรมmêet-dtaa-tamอันanกว้างใหญ่ไพศาลgwâang-yài-pai-sǎanไร้ขอบเขตrái-kɔ̀ɔp-kèetตามdtaamนัยnaiแห่งhɛ̀ngพระพุทธศาสนาprá-pút-tá-sàat-sà-nǎa
The ordained name Visalo reflects the vast, boundless loving-kindness in accordance with Buddhist connotations.
Tones
See how the spelling sets each syllable's tone, step by step.
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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
wí
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 | — | — |