Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ประเคน. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ประเคน, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ประเคน in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ประเคน you have here. The definition of the word ประเคน will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofประเคน, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
An old woman gives objects to a monk by putting the objects on the พาน(paan) tray and the tray is again placed on a piece of cloth for the monk to take.
According to the Thai Buddhist convention, an object is directly handed to a priest if the object can be carried with the hand and the giver is a male, but if the giver is a female, the giver only places the object on a piece of cloth and the priest will take the object from the cloth due to the religious taboo prohibiting a woman from touching a male priest. If the object is too heavy to carry, the object is bound with a sacred thread, called สายสิญจน์, and the thread is presented to the priest instead. If the object is a food and it is touched by a layperson after it has already been given to a priest, the whole process of giving needs to be renewed.[1]
References
^ สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา (2010 May 31) “ประเคน (๓๑ พฤษภาคม ๒๕๕๓)”, in คลังความรู้ (in Thai), Bangkok: สำนักงานราชบัณฑิตยสภา, retrieved 2019-05-22
