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As in many other calendars, the New Year was based on the northern hemisphere vernal equinox (the beginning of spring). However, the Hindu calendar year was based on the sidereal year (i.e. the movement of the sun relative to the stars), while the Western Gregorian calendar is based on the tropical year (the cycle of seasons).
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In Thailand, the name Buddhist Era is a year numbering system shared by the traditional Thai lunar calendar and by the Thai solar calendar. The Southeast Asian lunisolar calendars are largely based on an older version of the Hindu calendar, [1] which uses the sidereal year as the solar year. One major difference is that the Southeast Asian ...
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And Cambodian New Year called Chaul Chhnam Ref #2. (by Marie Laure de Saint-Rémy in 1970). Siamese New Year called Songkran Ref #3 (by Engelbert Kaempfer in 1690). Quantplinus 12:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC) Again with this nonsense, how is spelling in a foreign language supposed to mean anything? MosheeYoshee 16:10, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
During the time Tamalinda studied at the famous Mahavihara Monastery in Sri Lanka (1180–1190), a new dynamic type of Theravada Buddhism was being preached as the "true faith" in Sri Lanka. This form of Buddhism was somewhat militant and highly disciplined in reaction to the wars with the Tamil that nearly destroyed Buddhism in Sri Lanka in ...
Buddhist New Year may refer to: Buddhist calendar#New Year's Day; Theravada New Year (Songkran), water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional new year for the Theravada Buddhist calendar Songkran (Thailand) Thingyan, in Myanmar; Sinhalese New Year (Aluth Avurudda), in Sri Lanka; Cambodian New Year (Choul Chnam Thmey), in Cambodia
Theravada Buddhism is the largest and dominant religion in Laos. Theravada Buddhism is central to Lao cultural identity. The national symbol of Laos is the That Luang stupa, a stupa with a pyramidal base capped by the representation of a closed lotus blossom which was built to protect relics of the Buddha.