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The meaning of the
words about the Buddha’s relics
“Phra Parama Sareerikathad”
(Sarīrika
Dhātu) in Thai means the tiny part of
the relics which originated especially from the Lord Buddha. It
is not called for the relics of Buddhist disciples.
“Phra
Thad” (Dhātu)
in Thai means the bone or any part of the body such as hair, nail,
teeth, skin, blood, etc. which are different to the bone of ordinary
people. The relics shall be similar to the element as pebble, stone,
glass, diamond, etc. it is not called for the bone or any part of
body that look like normal.
Normally,
the word “Phra Parama Sareerikathad”
is the same meaning of “Buddha’s relics”.
The word “Phra Thad”
is the same meaning of “the Relics“. Even though
the word “Relics“
does not limit the physical appearance which is totally different
to the normal bone. It is not exactly the same usage as in Thai.
Relic
[noun]
:
1. an object of interest surviving from an earlier time.
2. a surviving but outdated object, custom, or belief.
3. a part of a holy person’s body or belongings kept and revered
after their death.
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the Compact Oxford English Dictionary
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The kind of the Buddha’s
relics
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Buddha’s relics are found to be different to the bone of the ordinary
people. However, we have found some kind of the Buddha’s relics
which looked the same as those of ordinary people from the Buddhist
sanctuaries or museums in Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and anywhere
else in the world. They can be separated into 2 main groups:
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The
Buddha’s relics which looked like Dhātu
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These kind are found mainly in Thailand, Sri Lanka, China,
Myanmar, etc. They are as described in the Tipitaka. In Thailand,
they are in Buddhist sanctuaries of temples.
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The
Buddha’s relics which looked like bone
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These kind are found only in the ancient places in India.
The British Government presented them twice to Thailand
in the period of King Rama V, he was pleased
to allocate them in the Golden Mount of Wat
Sraket in Bangkok and the Chedi Sri Mahathat of Wat
Phra Sri Mahathat, Bangkhen.
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picture shown the Buddha's relics presented at National
Museum of India
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The properties of
the Buddha’s relics
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properties of the Buddha’s relics and the relics which are found
generally in the present and accepted by all Buddhists and Buddhist
priests, can be described as follows:
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They
are in various colours such as crystal clear or unclear,
white colour as the conch shell, gold, black, pink, red,
etc.
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They
are in various shapes such as rice grain shape, cabbage
seed shape, broken bean shape, etc.
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The
tiny size can be floated. Whenever floated, they can attract
and float together.
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They
can increase or decrease. This happens only specially with
the relics.
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The
colour and the size can be changed.
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Most
of them are light compared to size.
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