Kalpa
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A great kalpa, which is the interval of time between two creations of the universe, is divided into four ordinary kalpas; and an ordinary kalpa is so vast a length of time as to defy computation.
[Ref: The Wheel of the Law - Alabaster Henry (1871) - Trubner & Co, London - page 182.]
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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) - Trubner & Co, London - 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) - Trubner & Co, London - 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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Kinara
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A Kinon, or Kinara, a figure half-man and halfbird, one of the inhabitants of the Himalayan fairyland.
[Ref: The Wheel of the Law - Alabaster Henry (1871) - Trubner & Co, London - page 300.]
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Kinari
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Female Kinara.
[Ref: The Wheel of the Law - Alabaster Henry (1871) - Trubner & Co, London - page 303.]
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Kongkha
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Ganges; River, with lotus; One of the five great rivers. There are five similar figures representing the five great rivers (Maha nathi), whose source is in the Himalayan lake Anodat. They are named Kongkha (Ganges), Yumna, Achirawadi, Saraphum, and Mahi.
[Ref: The Wheel of the Law - Alabaster Henry (1871) - Trubner & Co, London - page 307.]
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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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