วาสนา
Thai
Etymology
From Pali vāsanā (“that which remains in mind; mental imprint; mental impression; present consciousness of past perceptions; tendency of the past; etc”) or Sanskrit वासना (vāsanā, idem). Cognate with Modern Khmer វាសនា (viəsaʾnaa), វាស្នា (viəhniə); Burmese ဝါသနာ (wasa.na).
Pronunciation
| Orthographic | วาสนา w ā s n ā | |
| Phonemic | วาด-สะ-หฺนา w ā ɗ – s a – h ̥ n ā | |
| Romanization | Paiboon | wâat-sà-nǎa |
| Royal Institute | wat-sa-na | |
| (standard) IPA(key) | /waːt̚˥˩.sa˨˩.naː˩˩˦/ | |
Noun
วาสนา • (wâat-sà-nǎa)
- (Buddhism) unchangeable habit.
- accumulated virtue; amassed merit.
- good luck brought about by or favourable outcome of such virtue or merit.
- (loosely) fate, destiny; luck, fortune.
- (botany) happy plant: the flowering plant Dracaena fragrans of the family Asparagaceae.
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