Traiphum (English spelling)

Japanese: トライプーム（英語表記）Traiphum

A Buddhist cosmology written in Thai by King Lithai of the Sukhothai dynasty in 1345 when he was still a prince. Known as The Treatise on the Three Realms or The Sutra of King Luang, the three realms refer to the Buddhist realms of desire, form, and formlessness. Its contents were widely known through temple murals and proverbs, and it formed the core of Buddhist knowledge among the Thai people until the end of the 19th century, but its influence was lost with the spread of modern Buddhist education. The current text was reconstructed by comparing two manuscripts produced at the end of the 18th century with fragments of manuscripts from the Ayutthaya period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

タイのスコータイ朝のリタイ王が，王子時代の1345年にタイ語で著した仏教宇宙論。《三界論》あるいは《ルアング王の三界経》として知られ，三界とは仏教にいう欲界，色界，無色界を指す。その内容は寺院壁画や俚諺を通じて広く親しまれ，19世紀末にいたるまでタイ民衆の仏教知識の中核をなしていたが，近代的な仏教教育の普及に伴い，その影響は失われた。現行のテキストは，18世紀末に製作された2種の写本を，アユタヤ期の写本断簡と比較して再構成したものである。

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