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|  กรุงลงกา
groongM lohngM gaaM |  |
| pronunciation guide | | Phonemic Thai | กฺรุง-ลง-กา | | IPA | kruŋ loŋkaː | | Royal Thai General System | krung longka |
| | | [noun, proper noun, geographical, phrase, formal, poetic, ancient]
| | definition |
Lanka; (ancient) Ceylon, the city of the demon king ทศกัณฐ์  (Ravana) in รามเกียรติ์ (Ramayana)
| | categories | | | components |  กรุง | groongM | city, town, capital city | | ลงกา | lohngM gaaM | Lanka; (ancient) Ceylon | | related words | ยักษ์ | yak[s]H | [a character from the Ramayana epic, a] giant [or] demon | | นางสีดา | naangM seeR daaM | Rama's lover Sita, a character from the Ramayana epic | | พระลักษมณ์ | phraH lakH | พระราม's brother in รามเกียรติ์ | | ราพณาสูร | raapF phaH naaM suunR | Ravana, a demon king in the Ramayana epic | | รามา | raaM maaM | Rama, the hero and main character of the Ramayana epic, believed to be the avatar of พระนารายณ์ | | พระนารายณ์ | phraH naaM raay[n]M | [Hinduism] Narayana (Vishnu), another name for รามา (Rama), the hero of the Ramayana epic | | หนุมาน | haL nooH maanM | Hanuman, the monkey king from the Ramayana epic | | พระราม | phraH raamM | Rama, the hero character in the Ramayana epic, believed to be the avatar of พระนารายณ์ | | รามเกียรติ์ | raamM maH giianM | the Thai version of รามายณะ | | พระวิษณุ | phraH witH saL nooH | [Hinduism] (in later Hinduism) "the Preserver," the second member of the ตรีมูรติ (Trimurti), along with พระพรหม (Brahma the Creator) and พระศิวะ (Shiva the Destroyer) | | พระวิษณุ | phraH witH saL nooH | [Hinduism] (in popular Hinduism) a deity believed to have descended from heaven to earth in several incarnations, or avatars, varying in number from nine to twenty-two, but always including animals. His most important human incarnation is the Krishna of the Bhagavad-Gita | | รามายณะ | raaM maaM yaH naH | Ramayana [name of the Indian literature on which the Thai counterpart รามเกียรติ์ is based] | ทศกัณฐ์  | thohtH gan[t]M | the 'ten-necked' Ravanathe demon king of กรุงลงกา (the Lanka City) in รามเกียรติ์ (Ramayana) | | |
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