เทียนพรรษา(tiian pan-săa)
Meanings
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large Buddhist Lent candle
A large, often ornate candle presented to monks to be used during the three-month Buddhist Rains Retreat (Vassa).
Examples
ชาวบ้านchaao bâanชาวบ้านchaao bâan1villagers; locals; rural residents2ordinary people; laypeople; the public3folksy; colloquial; plain (as a modifier)ช่วยกันchûuai ganช่วยกันchûuai gan1[to] help each other; cooperate2[to] do jointly; pitch in togetherหล่อlòหล่อlò1[to] cast; [to] mold (metal/material)2[to] pour water in a merit or blessing rite3cool; awesome (slang)4handsome; good-looking (male)เทียนพรรษาtiian pan-săaเทียนพรรษาtiian pan-săalarge Buddhist Lent candleต้นdtônต้นdtôn1tree; plant (tall/woody)2origin; source; root cause3initial; primary (as prefix)4beginning; early5stem; trunk; stalk; base6classifier: trees; plants; polesใหญ่yàiใหญ่yài1big; large2major; important3elder; senior4generous; magnanimous (figurative)เพื่อpêuuaเพื่อpêuua1for; in order to2for the sake of; on behalf ofนำไปnam bpaiนำไปnam bpai[to] take; carry; bring [sb/sth] (away/to somewhere)ถวายtà-wăaiถวายtà-wăai1to offer (to royalty/monastics)2[to] dedicate/offer merit (to royalty/monastics)3to serve (royalty/monastics)วัดwátวัดwát1to gauge; assess2Buddhist temple3to measureในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)วันเข้าพรรษาwan kâao pan-săaวันเข้าพรรษาwan kâao pan-săaBuddhist Lent Day
The villagers worked together to cast a large Vassa candle to offer to the temple on the first day of the Rains Retreat.
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เทียนพรรษาtiian pan-săaเทียนพรรษาtiian pan-săalarge Buddhist Lent candle