Rabbeted-angled Chedi
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See Chedi yo mum.
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Rabiang khot
(Th.)
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Gallery, a covered walk or corridor, open at one side, usually with a wall on the outer side and columns or arches on the inner
side. Inside the gallery is enshrined a row of Buddha images. As the gallery surrounding the main monument has a square plan, so
the Thais generally term it "rabiang khot" (khot iterally means "bent or crooked"; rabiang lit. "verandah").
[Ref: An outline of the History of Religious Architecture in Thailand - Sonthiwan Intralib (1991).]
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Rai
(Th.)
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Traditional Thai unit of area equal to 400 square Wa or 1600 square meters, used for measuring land area.
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Ratsami
(Th.)
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Flame finial (or 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 Ketumala).
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Redented added-angled
chedi
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See Chedi phoem mum.
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Rotaphan
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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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Ruanthat
(Th.)
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See garbhagrha.
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