Kamaphruk
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See Karaphruk
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Kannamuntha
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One of the seven great lakes of half-mythical Himaphan - the Buddhist fairyland and in which grow the red-blue rose and white lotuses.
[Ref: The Wheel of the Law - Alabaster Henry (1871) - page 296.]
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Kapphruksa
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See Karaphruk
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Karaphruk
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Karaphruk tree - also called Kamaphruk, and Kapphruksa (in Sanskrit, Kalpa-vriksha, the tree of Indra's paradise, which gratifies all
desires). According to the Siamese Traiphum, this tree grows in the Tushita heavens and produces as its fruit everything that can be desired
by the angels - gold and silver, precious raiment, and jewels, and all that is beautiful and useful.
[Ref: The Wheel of the Law – Alabaster Henry (1871) – Page 216]
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Ketumala
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Flame finial (some times a lotus bud) emanating from the ushnisha on the head of the Buddha representing his fiery energy or explosive
spiritual power. (also called Ratsami)
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Khapphathat
(Th.)
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See Garbhagrha
[Ref: An outline of the History of Religious Architecture in Thailand - Sonthiwan Intralib (1991).]
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Khom
(Kh.)
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The word Khom is translated in most of the Thai dictionaries as (ancient) Khmer - "Khamen Boran", a member of the ancient Khmer race
dominating the indochinese Peninsula prior to the 13th century. Khom stands also for the Angkor-era script used in religous books by the
Buddhist clergy in the Ayutthayan and early Ratanakosin period.
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Khonthan
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The four guardians of the world. - In Siamese, called Chatu Maharachik Thewada, or Thao Lokaban. These are four angels named
Thatarot, Wirulahok, Wirupak, and Wetsuwan, whose palaces are in the Yukunthon mountains (the circular range next to Mount Meru),
and who, respectively, rule over the east, south, west, and north divisions of the system, and have under their jurisdiction the Khonthan
angels (Gandharvas), the Kumphan angels or Yaks, the Nagas or serpents of supernatural power, and the angels, &c. Gandharva, a
Sanscrit word, the Siamese being Khonthan, derived from gandha, (Sanscr.) " fragrance." Described in the Traiphoom as angels of scent,
born in fragrant places. In Indian mythology they are the musicians of Indra's heaven. They are also regarded as musicians in Buddhist
mythology, but are removed from the heaven wherein Indra dwells to the heaven below it, and are made subject to the rule of the angel
Thatarot, one of the four guardians of the world.
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Khuep
(Th.)
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Traditional Thai unit of length equal to 9.8425 inches or 25 cm.
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Kumphan
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See Yak.
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Kunala
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One of the seven great lakes of half-mythical Himaphan - the Buddhist fairyland and in which grow the red-blue rose and white lotuses.
[Ref: The Wheel of the Law - Alabaster Henry (1871) - page 296.]
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Kwian
(Th.)
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Traditional Thai unit of volume equal to 2000 liter or 1000 Kg. Kwian means an ox-cart.
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