ดุสิต
Thai
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Gautama Buddha preaching in Tusita heaven, Indian relief, 2nd century
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Dusit Palace plaza, Bangkok
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Dusit Maha Prasat Hall, Grand Palace, Bangkok
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- ดุษิต
- ดุสิดา
- ตุสิต
Etymology
From Pali tusita (literally “contented; gratified; joyed; pleased; satisfied”); perhaps via Old Khmer tusita, tussidda. Cognate with Modern Khmer តុសិត (tosət). Compare Sanskrit तुषित (tuṣita), from which Thai ดุษิต was derived.
Pronunciation
Orthographic | ดุสิต ɗ u s i t | |||
Phonemic | ดุ-สิด ɗ u – s i ɗ | [bound form] ดุ-สิด-ตะ- ɗ u – s i ɗ – t a – | [bound form] ดุ-สิ-ตะ- ɗ u – s i – t a – | |
Romanization | Paiboon | dù-sìt | dù-sìt-dtà- | dù-sì-dtà- |
Royal Institute | du-sit | du-sit-ta- | du-si-ta- | |
(standard) IPA(key) | /du˨˩.sit̚˨˩/(R) | /du˨˩.sit̚˨˩.ta˨˩./ | /du˨˩.si˨˩.ta˨˩./ | |
Homophones edit | ดุษิต |
Noun
ดุสิต • (dù-sìt)
- (Buddhist cosmology) Tusita, the fourth of the six spheres of heaven, ruled by สันดุสิต.
- (Buddhist cosmology) a class of divine beings that live in this sphere.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ดุสิตาลัย
- สันดุสิต
See also
- (six spheres of heaven) ฉกามาพจร: จาตุมหาราช, ดาวดึงส์, ยามา (yaa-maa), ดุสิต (dù-sìt), นิมมานรดี, ปรนิมมิตวสวัตดี
Proper noun
ดุสิต • (dù-sìt)
- (เขต~) Dusit District, a district of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
- (พระราชวัง~) Dusit Palace, a compound of royal residences in Bangkok, Thailand.
- (พระที่นั่ง~) Dusit Maha Prasat Hall, a throne hall within the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand.
- a male given name from Pali; Dusit