English
Etymology
From Sinhalese වෙසක් (wesak).
Proper noun
Vesak
- A Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha.
- Synonym: Buddha Day
2012, Richard Hughes Seager, Buddhism in America, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 167: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.
Translations
Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment, and passing of the Buddha
- Bengali: বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা (buddho purnima), বুদ্ধ জয়ন্তী (buddho joẏonti)
- Burmese: ဝေသာခ (wesahka.), ကဆုန်လပြည့်နေ့ (ka.hcunla.prany.ne.)
- Chinese:
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- Mandarin: (please verify) 佛誕 / 佛诞 (zh) (Fódàn)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Indonesian: Waisak
- Japanese: 花祭 (Hanamatsuri)
- Javanese: Waisak
- Khmer: វិសាខបូជា (Visak Puja)
- Korean: 석가 탄신일(釋迦誕身日) (Seokga Tansinil)
- Lao: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: Hari Wesak
- Marathi: please add this translation if you can
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Nepali: बुद्ध पुर्णिमा (buddha purṇimā), बुद्ध जयंती (buddha jayantī)
- Pali: Vesākha
- Polish: Vesak m
- Portuguese: Vesak m, Wesak m
- Sanskrit: वैशाख (sa) (vaiśākha)
- Sinhalese: වෙසක් (si) (wesak), වෙසක් පෝය (wesak pōya)
- Spanish: Vesak m
- Tagalog: Araw Ni Buddha
- Thai: วิสาขบูชา (Wisakha Bucha)
- Tibetan: ས་ག་ཟླ་བ (sa ga zla ba)
- Vietnamese: Phật Đản (佛誕)
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Proper noun
Vesak m
- Vesak (Buddhist holiday celebrating the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha)