Where does “นาคปรก” come from?
นาคปรก (Thai) comes from Thai นาค, from Pali nāga, from Sanskrit नाग, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.
นาคปรก (Thai): 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
Definitions
- 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
Ancestry of “นาคปรก”, step by step
นาคปรก traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Thai นาค
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | นาค | postulant: person seeking admission into a... |
| 2 | Pali | nāga | cobra; elephant; ironwood tree |
| 3 | Sanskrit | नाग | a snake, especially Coluber naga; a naga or... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nogʷós | bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude |
via Thai ปรก
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thai | ปรก | — |