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Vesak en · PROPN

Etymology

From Sinhalese වෙසක් (wesak).

Meanings

1. A Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha.
   • 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. 2012, Richard Hughes Seager, Buddhism in America, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 167:

Forms

Synonyms

Buddha Day

Translations (25)

sa वैशाख (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · si වෙසක් පෝය (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · pl Vesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · tl Araw Ni Buddha (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · ne बुद्ध जयंती (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · my ကဆုန်လပြည့်နေ့ (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · th วิสาขบูชา (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · bn বুদ্ধ জয়ন্তী (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · ne बुद्ध पुर्णिमा (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · vi Phật Đản (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · bo ས་ག་ཟླ་བ (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · ms Hari Wesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · my ဝေသာခ (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · ja 花祭 (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · pt Vesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · km វិសាខបូជា (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · pt Wesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · tl Bisyak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · si වෙසක් (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · jv Waisak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · ko 석가 탄신일 (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · id Waisak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · pi Vesākha (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · bn বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha) · es Vesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha)