อภิญญา(à-pin-yaa)

Meanings

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supernormal knowledge; higher powers (Buddhism)

In Buddhism, supernormal knowledge or powers gained through deep meditation (e.g., clairvoyance, mind-reading, recalling past lives); often called the ‘higher knowledges’.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillว่ากันว่าwâa gan wâaว่ากันว่าwâa gan wâait is said that; they sayหลวงพ่อlŭuang pâwหลวงพ่อlŭuang pâw1Venerable monk (form of address)2revered Buddha image/statue3respected elder monk (specific abbot)องค์ongองค์ong1honorific title (royalty, deities, high monks)2classifier: monks; royalty; deities; sacred statues3entity; body (formal)4element; component (formal/technical)นั้นnánนั้นnán1that (distal demonstrative)2that one; that thing3that (emphatic/contrastive final particle)มีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoอภิญญาà-pin-yaaอภิญญาà-pin-yaasupernormal knowledge; higher powers (Buddhism)สามารถsăa-mâatสามารถsăa-mâat1able; capable2ability; capability3talented; competentล่วงรู้lûuang rúuล่วงรู้lûuang rúu1[to] know beforehand; foresee2[to] be privy to; learn a secretเหตุการณ์hèt gaanเหตุการณ์hèt gaan1event; incident; occurrence2situation; state of affairs3classifier: ครั้ง / เหตุการณ์ในอนาคตnai à-naa-kótในอนาคตnai à-naa-kótin the futureได้dâiได้dâi1get; obtain; receive2may (polite permission/request)3able to (postverbal/resultative)4manage to; succeed in (achievement)5can; be able to; may (possibility/permission)6okay; sure; agreed
It is said that that senior monk possesses supernormal powers and can know future events.

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