Sanskrit. 'Father-mother'. Tibetan term from Vajrayana Buddhism indicating the position of male and female gods in sexual unity, symbol for the unity of compassion and wisdom. Compare also with the term shakti and the hermaphrodite appearance of some gods, such as Ardhanari, and ...for more order our CDrom...
Name for a species of grass with the scientific name eriachne, a word derived from the Greek words erion (wool) and achne (scale). It grows all year round and to a height of just over one meter. It is often seen along roadsides, ditches and canals and is a natural food source for grazing animals such as buffalos, ox, etc.
Thai for saffron. Thai. A bag made of cloth with a shoulder strap, especially one carried by monks.
Thai. 'Red shoulder bag'. Name of an imaginary man with a red bag who kills children and carries their bodies away in his bag. Thai for sedan chair or palanquin. Also yahnumaht. Thai for sedan chair or palanquin. Also yahnamaht. Thai. 'Web gourd' or 'fiber gourd'. A name for luffa. Sanskrit. One of the four Vedas. 1. Thai for 'giant' or 'man-eating giant'. Often seen guarding temples. In Sanskrit yaksha (fig.).
2. Thai. A demon from the Ramakien. Occurs both in male form, as a yaksah and in female form, as yaksih. See also kumphan. Thai. Male form of the yak demon from the Ramakien. Sanskrit. Mythological being, in Thailand known as a yak, a man-eating giant. In India they are the guardians of the wealth of the gods and in Southeast Asia the guardians of temples (fig.). They look malicious but some may be rather gentle. The female form is called ...for more order our CDrom...
Sanskrit. The female form of a yaksha. Thai. Female form of the yak demon from the Ramakien. Name of the southernmost province (map) on the Thai peninsula and its capital city, 1,084 kms from Bangkok and with a population of roughly 69,000. The city is known as the 'cleanest' in Thailand winning it several prizes. Its population is a mix of Chinese and Thai, of whom many are Muslim. The province borders Malaysia and the southernmost point is 2,100 kms apart from Mae Sai, Thailand's northernmost point. This province is mainly Islamic and the most thriving of the four, mainly Muslim, provinces in the South. The ...for more order our CDrom...
A horned lion used in architectural decorations mainly in Indian temples. Sanskrit-Pali. Vedic god of death. The judge of the dead and guardian of the South. His mount is a buffalo. In Thai called Yom (fig.) and Phra Yom.
Thai. Magic sign that is supposed to bring good fortune and is applied at inauguration ceremonies by Buddhist monks on certain possessions, such as cars, buildings, warehouses, etc.
ya lipao (หญ้าลิเพา, หญ้าลิเภา) Thai. A kind of fern-like creeping plant that exists in black and brown, and whose stalk is used in wickerwork. This climber thrives mainly in the deep jungles of South Thailand. The fully grown stem, roughly one meter, above the root is ideal for plaiting baskets. The stems that are gathered from the jungle are peeled, removing the outer part from the pith, and are subsequently dried in the shade. The dried strips are then polished and made smooth, before plaiting. Popular are the fine handbags made of ya lipao (fig.). ...for more order our CDrom... Wickerwork made from the processed stalks of the ya lipao creeping plant.
yang (阳) Chinese. Term for the masculine, active principle of the universe. See also yin-yang. Geometric and magical diagram, usually square in form and used in meditations, especially in Vajrayana Buddhism and its mystical form Tantrism. A mandala is a kind of yantra. Yao (เย้า) 1. A hill tribe in northern Thailand, especially in the province of Chiang Rai, who are actually called (Iu) Mien, but by the Chinese and Thai named after the language they speak, namely Yao. The female traditional attire is a loose pair of trousers and a dark blue almost black jacket embroidered at the bottom with a dark red pompom collar resembling a stole (fig.). Their headdress consists of a dark coloured angular hat, ornamented with embroidery. They often wear a heavy silver ring around their neck. Elderly people often develop a characteristic physiognomy (fig.). ...for more order our CDrom...
2. Language belonging to the Miao-Yao-Pateng family, a subgroup of the Sino-Tibetan language group that also includes Chinese, Burmese and Tibetan. ...for more order our CDrom... The foster mother of Krishna, one of Vishnu's avatars. A popular theme in Indian art is the representation of Yashoda with the infant Krishna. The wife of prince Siddhartha. Also known as Gopa and Bimba. Name of a province (map) and its capital city in Northeast Thailand, 531 kms from Bangkok and with a population of approximately 30,000. The city was earlier called Ban Singh Tha and has a chedi, Phrathat Anant, dating from 675 AD. The city was once an amphur of Ubon Ratchathani but in 1972 became a provincial capital itself. The province is known for its annual rocket festival and has nine amphur.
ya yaay pao (หญ้ายายเพา, หญ้ายายเภา) See ya lipao. Chinese term for the feminine, passive principle of the universe. See also yin-yang. yin-yang (阴阳) Chinese. Popular name for the representation of the principle of Taijitu (T'ai chi t'u) from Taoist and Neo-Confucian philosophy. It represents the two polar energies that cause the universe in Taoism. Often represented as a circle divided into two curved halves, of which one is white and the other black, each with a round dot in the opposite colour in its widest point. Yin represents the feminine, the passive, the dark and the soft; yang represents the masculine, the active, the bright and the hard. Yin is the principle symbolised by the moon, water, the colour black, and the northern direction; yang is symbolised by the sun, fire, the colour ...for more order our CDrom...
Malay. Popular name for the cananga odarata, in Thai called kradang nga songkla. Its greenish yellow flower has an extraordinary scent (fig.) and is used in the perfume industry.
Sanskrit. 'To unite'. A system of physical, mental and spiritual discipline whose ultimate purpose is to unite with the universal spirit. One who practices yoga. The female term is yogini. Feminine form of a yogi. Thai for jade. Thai. 'Lifting of an arrow'. Term that refers to a scene in the life of the historical Buddha at the age of sixteen, when Suddhodana wanted to choose him a wife from amongst the princesses of the neighbouring kingdoms. However, the kings of these realms demanded that the prince first prove himself in his mastery of the 'twelve arts', a number of skills with the chief being archery. When it turned out that he was very skilled in this he was offered all the daughters and the prince chose princess Bimba as his first wife. In art generally portrayed as prince Siddhartha holding a bow over ...for more order our CDrom... Burmese. Puppet theaters in Burma with the main subject being the Jataka stories. They enjoyed excellent standing in the performing arts tradition of the 18th and 19th centuries AD, but that decreased in the thirties due to the decline of subsidies as given under British colonial rule, and with the introduction of film. It influenced the later development of zat pwe, a live dance drama with dancers who make marionette-like ...for more order our CDrom...
1. Thai name for Yama, the Vedic god of death. The judge of the dead and guardian of the South. His mount is a buffalo.
2. Thai. Name of a river in northern Thailand that near Nakhon Sawan merges with the rivers Nan, Wang and Ping, thus forming the Chao Phraya river. 3. Thai name of the outermost known planet of the solar system, Pluto which name derives from Plouton, the god of the Greek underworld. Thai. The beings who deal out punishment to the wicked in the underworld of narok. See also kratha thong daeng.
Thai. 'World of Yom'. Another name for narok, the world of the dead in Buddhism. Thai. 'King of the realm of death'. A name for Yom, also known as Yama. Thai. 'Envoy of Yom'. The angel who leads the souls of the dead to judgment before Phra Yom and his scribes Suwan and Suwaan. He is usually depicted with horns and holding a trident or some other weapon.
Thai-Sanskrit. An object of veneration symbolic of female creative energy, represented as the female genital organ in the form of a square platform with a hollow top and an outlet at one end. In combination (fig.) with the linga it represents creation.
Yonok (โยนก) Thai. Name of an early legendary kingdom in present-day Northern Thailand that probably existed several hundred years before ancient Chiang Saen. General in the army of king Taksin who later became king Phra Phutta Yotfa Chulalok. Sanskrit. A time period in Indian cosmology. There are a total of four yugas, i.e. Krita or Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali, in descending order of virtue. The present era is that of Kali Yuga. In Thai yuk. Chinese for 'Jade Emperor'. Name of the most important god of the Chinese Taoist pantheon, who rules over heaven and earth, just as the mortal emperors once ruled over China. According to Chinese mythology the Jade Emperor was initially the assistant of Yuan Shi Tian Zun, the Divine Master of the Heavenly Origin, the supreme beginning and the creator of heaven and earth, who personally picked Yu Huang as his successor. Yu Huang was born as crown prince of the kingdom of Pure Felicity and Majestic Heavenly Lights and Ornaments, on the ninth day of the first lunar month, a day Taoist temples now hold a ritual in his honor. At birth he emitted an amazing light that filled the entire kingdom and he attained Golden Immortality after 1,750 trials of cultivating Tao, each lasting for 120,976 years and after another one hundred million years of cultivating Tao, he ...for more order our CDrom... Thai name for yuga. Chinese. '[Land] South of/under the cloud'. South Chinese province. 1. Thai. Term for a war elephant (fig.). 2. Thai. Term for a hand-to-hand combat on elephants' backs.
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