Vesak

See also: vēsāk and věšák

English

Alternative forms

• Visakha, Wesak

Etymology

From Sinhalese වෙසක් (wesak).

Proper noun

Vesak

1. A Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha.

   Synonym: Buddha Day

   • 2012, Richard Hughes Seager, Buddhism in America, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 167:

     Vesak or Visakha is a spring celebration that commemorates Buddha's birth, enlightenment, death, and passing into nirvana. It is the most important Buddhist holiday in Asia, although its observance varies according to national tradition. […] At Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara in Los Angeles for example, Vesak extends over a weekend and draws hundreds of people.

Translations

Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha

• Bengali: বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা (buddho purnima), বুদ্ধ জয়ন্তী (buddho joẏonti)
• Burmese: ဝေသာခ (wesahka.), ကဆုန်လပြည့်နေ့ (ka.hcunla.prany.ne.)
• Indonesian: Waisak
• Japanese: 花祭 (Hanamatsuri)
• Javanese: Waisak
• Khmer: វិសាខបូជា (Visak Puja)
• Korean: 석가 탄신일(釋迦誕身日) (Seokga Tansinil)
• Malay: Hari Wesak (ms)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 佛誕／佛诞 (zh) (Fódàn)
• Nepali: बुद्ध पुर्णिमा (buddha purṇimā), बुद्ध जयंती (buddha jayantī)
• Pali: Vesākha
• Portuguese: Vesak m, Wesak m
• Sanskrit: वैशाख (sa) (vaiśākha)
• Sinhalese: වෙසක් (si) (wesak), වෙසක් පෝය (wesak pōya)
• Spanish: Vesak m
• Tagalog: Araw Ni Buddha
• Thai: วิสาขบูชา (Wisakha Bucha)
• Tibetan: ས་ག་ཟླ་བ (sa ga zla ba)
• Vietnamese: Phật Đản

Further reading

• Vesak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Vasek, Vaske

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Wesak

Proper noun

Vesak m

1. Vesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha)