พิษณุโลก

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Alternative forms

Etymology edit

From พิษณุ (pít-sà-nú, “Viṣṇu, Hindu god”) +‎ โลก (lôok, “world”); literally "Viṣṇu's world". Compare Old Khmer viṣṇuloka; Modern Khmer ពិស្ណុលោក (pɨhnolook); Sanskrit विष्णुलोक (viṣṇuloka).

The last sense was first used in 2006 BE (1463/64 CE) when King Borommatrailokkanat of Ayutthaya moved his court from Ayutthaya to this town and renamed the town to suit his royal dignity, because Ayutthayan monarchs, influenced by the cult of divine monarchy, believed themselves to be incarnations of the Hindu god Viṣṇu. Prior to the renaming, the town was known as ชัยนาท (chai-nâat, literally “resounding victory”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

Orthographic		พิษณุโลก b i ʂ ɳ u o l k
Phonemic		พิด-สะ-นุ-โลก b i ɗ – s a – n u – o l k
Romanization	Paiboon	pít-sà-nú-lôok
	Royal Institute	phit-sa-nu-lok
(standard) IPA^(key)		/pʰit̚˦˥.sa˨˩.nu˦˥.loːk̚˥˩/^(R)

Proper noun edit

พิษณุ โลก • (pít-sà-nú-lôok)

(historical) (พระ~) Angkor Wat, the largest temple complex in Cambodia.
(historical) (พระ~) the posthumous name of Suryavarman II, a monarch of the Khmer Empire.
(จังหวัด~, archaically พระ~) Phitsanulok (a province and former town in northern Thailand)

Synonyms edit

Angkor Wat

นครวัด (ná-kɔɔn-wát)

Phitsanulok

References edit

^ Royal Institute of Thailand. (2010). Kotmāi trā sām dūang: phrathamnūn chabap rātchabandittayasathān กฎหมายตราสามดวง: พระทำนูน ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. Bangkok: Royal Institute of Thailand. →ISBN. p. 117.

[1] Royal Institute of Thailand. (2010). Kotmāi trā sām dūang: phrathamnūn chabap rātchabandittayasathān กฎหมายตราสามดวง: พระทำนูน ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน. Bangkok: Royal Institute of Thailand. →ISBN. p. 117.

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