นาคปรก

Thai

Etymology

From นาค (nâak, “nāga”) +‎ ปรก (bpròk, “to cover (over)”).

Pronunciation

Orthographic		นาคปรก n ā g p r k
Phonemic		นาก-ปฺรก n ā k – p ̥ r k
Romanization	Paiboon	nâak-bpròk
	Royal Institute	nak-prok
(standard) IPA(key)		/naːk̚˥˩.prok̚˨˩/(R)

Proper noun

นาคปรก • (nâak-bpròk)

1. (Buddhist mythology) the event during the life of Gautama Buddha, taking place four weeks after he began meditating under the Bodhi Tree, in which a nāga named Mucalinda came up from beneath the earth to protect the Buddha from a prodigious rain with its hood.

Noun

นาคปรก • (nâak-bpròk)

1. (Buddhism) representation of this event, depicting the Buddha sitting in a meditation position with the hood of a nāga over his head.