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| บังสุกุล bangM sooL goonM |  |
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| 1. | ceremony donating robes to monks at a funeral |
| 2. | [name of] the role and the practice of giving robes or cloth (white, orange) to monks at a funeral. New robes are placed on a coffin and received by the monks who then chant and pour water for the deceased in order to transfer merit. |
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| pronunciation guide | |
| Phonemic Thai | บัง-สุ-กุน |
| IPA | baŋ sùʔ kun |
| Royal Thai General System | bangsukun |
| 1. [verb] | |||
| definition | ceremony donating robes to monks at a funeral | ||
| 2. [verb] | |||
| definition | [name of] the role and the practice of giving robes or cloth (white, orange) to monks at a funeral. New robes are placed on a coffin and received by the monks who then chant and pour water for the deceased in order to transfer merit. | ||
| notes | Originally from a "rag robe" (from Sanskrit/Pali "Pansukula" dust heap) which monks picked up from e.g. a cemetery where corpses were wrapped into cloth. They then wear it as a sign of strict asceticism (one of the 13 ways of dhutanga). Extinct usage. | ||
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