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How to say Vessantara (the generous prince, last Jataka)
in Thai
เวสสันดร
wêet-sǎn-daawn
Vessantara (the generous prince, last Jataka)
wêet fallingsǎn risingdaawn mid
He gives away everything, even his children. Its recitation, เทศน์มหาชาติ, is a major temple festival.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- ฟังเทศน์มหาชาติเรื่องพระเวสสันดรfang têet má-hǎa-châat rûeang prá-wêet-sǎn-daawnto hear the Vessantara recitation
From the same situation: Literature and classics
- วรรณคดีclassical literature, the classics
- วรรณกรรมliterature, literary works (any period)
- ร้อยแก้วprose
- ร้อยกรองverse, poetry
- กวีpoet
- บทกวีpoem
- กลอนklon (the commonest Thai verse form)
- โคลงkhlong (verse form with tone-mark rules)
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