วาสนา

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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วาสนา f

  1. Thai script form of vāsanā

Declension

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Thai

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Etymology

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From Pali vāsanā (that which remains in mind; mental imprint; mental impression; present consciousness of past perceptions; tendency of the past; etc), from Sanskrit वासना (vāsanā, idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer វាសនា (viəsaʼnaa), វាស្នា (viəhniə); Burmese ဝါသနာ (wasa.na).

Pronunciation

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Orthographicวาสนา
w ā s n ā
Phonemic
วาด-สะ-หฺนา
w ā ɗ – s a – h ̥ n ā
RomanizationPaiboonwâat-sà-nǎa
Royal Institutewat-sa-na
(standard) IPA(key)/waːt̚˥˩.sa˨˩.naː˩˩˦/(R)

Noun

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วาสนา (wâat-sà-nǎa)

  1. (Buddhism) unchangeable habit.
  2. accumulated virtue; amassed merit.
  3. good luck brought about by or favourable outcome of such virtue or merit.
  4. (loosely) fate, destiny; luck, fortune.
  5. (botany) happy plant: a flowering plant Dracaena fragrans of the family Asparagaceae.