Thai word senses marked with topical category "Afterlife"
Parent categories: Death, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Body, Life, Culture, Nature, Society
Subcategories: Ghosts, Hell
Total 30 word senses
- กระทะทองแดง (Noun) metal pan or pot-like pan used in the hell for punishing sinful creatures.
- กระสือ (Noun) a type of turmeric that resembles zedoary, traditionally believed to be of a supernatural power to possess a woman like the said spirit.
- กุมาร (Noun) child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.
- ฉมบ (Noun) a type of spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be the ghost of a woman that dwells at the place of her death, especially in a forest.
- ตายทั้งกลม (Verb) to die together with the child or children in her womb.
- ทางสามแพร่ง (Noun) T-junction, traditionally believed to be employed by the dead and thus deemed a very unholy spot.
- นรก (Noun) hell; purgatory; underworld; realm of the dead.
- นิรยะ (Noun) Hell.
- บัญชีหนังหมา (Noun) criminal record; record of misconduct; record of bad deeds; blacklist.
- ปรโลก (Noun) afterlife; life after death.
- ปรโลก (Noun) underworld; world of the dead.
- ปอบ (Noun) a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to possess a person and devour his or her viscera before leaving, thus causing the person to die.
- ผีดิบ (Noun) preternatural being believed to be a reanimated corpse, such as vampire, zombie, etc.
- พราย (Noun) a type of imaginary creature, conceived of as inhabiting the rivers, mountains, trees, etc, as nymph, elf, naiad, etc.
- สมิง (Noun) a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be a person that turns into a tiger by the power of black magic or a tiger that can transform itself into a human due to being possessed by the ghosts of its human preys.
- สวรรค์ (Noun) paradise; place or state of supreme happiness.
- สัตว์นรก (Noun) creature punished in hell for a sin; hellspawn.
- สันดาป (Proper name) the name of a region in the underworld, where beings are reborn to be punished for their sins.
- สุราลัย (Noun) heaven (abode of gods; sky).
- สุวาน (Noun) clerk of the Naraka hell, bearing the duty to keep records about living beings, such as births and deaths, merits and sins, etc.
- อบาย (Noun) Hell.
- อเวจี (Proper name) (นรก~, ~นรก, ~มหานรก) one of the eight regions of the hell, being the lowest region to which the most sinful beings are sent for punishment.
- เทวโลก (Noun) heaven.
- เปรต (Noun) preta: a type of supernatural creature born to undergo punishment or suffering as a result of sinful deeds committed in previous lives.
- โขมด (Noun) gleaming light seen at night, traditionally believed to be a type of nocturnal ghost that leads travellers astray, scientifically explained to be light naturally produced by methane.
- โลกันตร์ (Proper name) the name of a realm in the hell where sinful beings are detained forever and given the most serious punishments for their sins.
- โสม (Noun) Jewels of Opar, flameflower (Talinum paniculatum, family Portulacaceae)
- โสม (Noun) sweetheart (Talinum fruticosum, family Portulacaceae).
- โสม (Noun) any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).
- โสม (Noun) a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.
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