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Kaki Klon Suphap
''Kaki Klon Suphap'' ( th, กากีกลอนสุภาพ) is Thai narrative poem in the form of ''klon suphap'', written by Chaophraya Phra Khlang (Hon) during the reign of King Rama I (1782–1809). It is based on the ''Kakati Jataka'' from the Pali Canon, and tells the tale of Nang Kaki (Lady Kaki), a stunningly beautiful palace consort who through coincidences and misfortune, ends up having to consort with various different male characters. In modern Thai slang, the term ''kaki'' (กากี) carries negative connotations, and is used as a derogatory term to describe a promiscuous woman who has relations with many men, despite the character of Kaki being unwillingly coerced, blackmailed or forced into having sexual relations with the various male characters throughout the folk tale. Plot Synopsis Thao Phromatat (''Lord Phromatat'') is the ruler of the city-state of Nakhon Paranasri, who despite his advanced age has a stunningly beautiful young royal consort known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klon Suphap
The ''klon'', also spelled ''glawn'' or ''gaun'' ( th, กลอน, ; lo, ກອນ, ), is a Thai/ Lao term referring to either poetic verse in general, or a specific prosodic form in Thai and Lao poetry. Thai In the narrow meaning of the term, the ''klon'' is a more recently developed form of Thai poetry where a stanza has four ''wak'' (lines), each with the same number of syllables. It became the most popular form during the early Rattanakosin period, and is usually considered an original Thai form, as opposed to older forms such as ''kap'' which originated from Indic or Cambodian poetry. Reproduced form The ''klon'' metres are named by the number of syllables in a ''wak'', e.g. ''klon hok'' (, ) has six syllables per ''wak'' (''hok'' means ''six''). All metres have the same rhyming scheme, and there are also requirements on the tone of the final syllable of each ''wak''. The ''klon'' is also divided into several types according to their manner of composition, with ''klon suphap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaophraya Phra Khlang (Hon)
''Chaophraya'' Phrakhlang ( th, เจ้าพระยาพระคลัง, died 1805), personal name Hon ( th, หน), was the ''Phrakhlang'' or Siamese Minister of Trade from 1782 to 1805. He was also a prominent Thai author. Hon was a son of ''Chaophraya'' Surabodinluechai the governor of Kamphaengphet in the Thonburi Period during the reign of King Taksin. His paternal family was of Chinese descent. In Thonburi Period, Hon held the title of ''Luang'' Sorawichit ( th, หลวงสรวิชิต), a minor official in Uthaithani. During the Athi Wungyi's War in 1775, ''Luang'' Sorawichit Hon was assigned to guard the royal supply line at Nakhon Sawan. Sorawichit Hon translated one of the Vetala Tales from Sanskrit into Thai and composed ''Inao'' ( th, อิเหนา), a Thai version of Panji tales, in 1779. During the unrest at the end of Taksin's reign, he supported the Chaophraya Chakri, who took the throne and became King Rama I in 1782. Upon the asce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama I
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok Maharaj (, 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), personal name Thongduang (), also known as Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first monarch of the reigning Chakri dynasty of Siam (now Thailand). His full title in Thai is ''Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramoruracha Mahachakkriborommanat Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok'' (). He ascended the throne in 1782, following the deposition of King Taksin of Thonburi. He was also celebrated as the founder of Rattanakosin (now Bangkok) as the new capital of the reunited kingdom. Rama I was born from a Mon male line descent family, great-grandson of Kosa Pan. His father served in the royal court of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, and had served King Taksin in wars against the Burmese Konbaung dynasty and helped him in the reunification of Siam. During this time he emerged as Siam's most powerful military leader. Thongduang was the first '' Somdet Chao Phraya'', the highest rank the nobility could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakati Jataka
Garuda's abduction of Queen Kakati is a famous Buddhist tale about the former lives of the Buddha, called a Jataka. In this story, the Buddha was born in a previous life as the king of Benares, and therefore was still a Bodhisattva, and ruled with his beloved queen, Kakati.Indian Temple Sculpture, John Guy, Harry N. Abrams, 2007, p.24 The royal solar bird Garuda came to the court disguised as a man and gambled with the king. He then became enamored of the queen and abducted her. He carried her off to his nest by the Simbali-Lake and there lived with her.Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, Volume 1, by Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekerp.559/ref> When Garuda heard of the king's great sadness and of his true love for Kakati, he restored her to him. The story is one of those related by the bird Kunala, in the kunala Jataka. The story is also very close to that of the Sussondi Jataka. According to Buddhist mythology, the Garudas were enemies to the nāga The Nagas (IAST: ''nāga''; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pali Canon
The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language. It is the most complete extant early Buddhist canon. It derives mainly from the Tamrashatiya school. During the First Buddhist Council, three months after the parinibbana of Gautama Buddha in Rajgir, Ananda recited the Sutta Pitaka, and Upali recited the Vinaya Pitaka. The Arhats present accepted the recitations and henceforth the teachings were preserved orally by the Sangha. The Tipitaka that was transmitted to Sri Lanka during the reign of King Asoka were initially preserved orally and were later written down on palm leaves during the Fourth Buddhist Council in 29 BCE, approximately 454 years after the death of Gautama Buddha. The claim that the texts were "spoken by the Buddha", is meant in this non-literal sense. The existence of the bhanaka tradition existing until later periods, along with other sources, shows that oral tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo (sport)
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or "''chukkers''". Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The progenitor of the game and its variants existed from the to the as equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. In Persia, where the sport evolved and developed, it was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popular aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garuda
Garuda (Sanskrit: ; Pāli: ; Vedic Sanskrit: गरुळ Garuḷa) is a Hindu demigod and divine creature mentioned in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain faiths. He is primarily depicted as the mount (''vahana'') of the Hindu god Vishnu. Garuda is also the half-brother of the Devas, Daityas, Danavas and Yakshas. He is the son of the sage Kashyapa and Vinata. He is the younger brother of Aruna, the charioteer of the Sun. Garuda is mentioned in several other texts such as the Puranas and the Vedas. Garuda is described as the king of the birds and a kite-like figure. He is shown either in a zoomorphic form (a giant bird with partially open wings) or an anthropomorphic form (a man with wings and some ornithic features). Garuda is generally portrayed as a protector with the power to swiftly travel anywhere, ever vigilant and an enemy of every serpent. He is also known as Tarkshya and Vainateya. Garuda is a part of state insignia of India, Indonesia and Thailand. The Indonesian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Meru
Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical and spiritual universes. There is no clear identification of Mount Meru with a particular geophysical location. Many famous Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples have been built as symbolic representations of this mountain. The "Sumeru Throne" 須彌座 xūmízuò style base is a common feature of Chinese pagodas. The highest point (the finial bud) on the pyatthat, a Burmese-style multi-tiered roof, represents Mount Meru. Etymology Etymologically, the proper name of the mountain is Meru (Sanskrit: Meru), to which is added the approbatory prefix su-, resulting in the meaning "excellent Meru" or "wonderful Meru". ''Meru'' is also the name of the central bead in a mālā. In other languages In other languages, Mount Meru is pronounced: * Assamese: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ka Kee
''Ka Kee'' ( th, กากี) or ''Unfaithful '' is a 1980 Thai fantasy film based on the classical versified in '' Kaki Klon Suphap'' ( th, กากีกลอนสุภาพ) written by Thai classical poet Chao Phraya Phrakhlong (Hon) ( th, เจ้าพระยาพระคลัง (หน)) (c. 1740s - 1805), part of Thai folklore. The film was directed by Nerramitr and became one of the most famous Thai fantasy films of the year. A fotonovela based on scenes of the movie was also printed. Other Thai movies with the same title but not based on the classical poem were released in 2003 and 2012. Plot Garuda came down from his celestial residence to gamble with an ancient king in a dice game. Garuda saw the beautiful Ka Kee, the king's wife, and kidnapped her. The king's musician helped her to escape by also seducing her. The king took offence at Ka Kee's unfaithfulness, for she had slept with three men. He punished her by banishing her to a raft that floated to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neang Kakey
Neang Kakey ( km, រឿងនាងកាកី) is a Khmer '' sāstrā lbaeng'' tale and the best-known work composed as a melodrama in verse by future King of Cambodia Ang Duong in 1815 during the time he resided at the Royal Court in Thailand. Origin While he was studying at the Royal Court in Bangkok, King Ang Duong was inspired by the Thai folk tale ''Kaki Klon Suphap'' to write, when he was only 19 years of age, a similar tale in Khmer, about an unfaithful wife, far from virtue and what the canons of society expected at that time. A Buddhist tale of virtue and vice Ang Duong wrote during a time when traditional Buddhist Theravada was influential in Cambodia and when indulgence on physical beauty was strictly moderated. His melodrama around the misadventures of Neang Kakey were primarily derived from two jataka stories, '' Kakati Jataka'' and ''Sussondi Jataka'', as part of a "tendency towards secularization of the Buddhist canonical hagiography". Both tales deal with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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