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A wat (derived from the Sanskrit word Vattaka) is a monastery temple in Cambodia, Thailand, or Laos. The word "wat" (Khmer: <span lang="km" xml:lang="km">វត្ត</span>, Thai: <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">วัด</span>, sometimes rendered "vat" when referring to Laos) means "school." Some times referred to wrong. Also, is slang for "what".</p>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Introduction</span>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Structure</span>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Examples</span>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Cambodia</span>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Laos</span>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Thailand</span>[/list]
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Strictly speaking a wat is a Buddhist sacred precinct with monks' quarters, the temple proper, an edifice housing a large image of Buddha, and a structure for lessons. A Buddhist site without a minimum of three resident monks cannot correctly be described as a wat, although the term is frequently used more loosely, even for ruins of ancient temples. (As a transitive or intransitive verb, wat means to measure, to take measurements; compare templum, from which temple derives, having the same root as template.)</p>
In Cambodia, a wat is used to refer to all kinds of places of worship. Technically, wat generally refers to a Buddhist place of worship, but the technical term is <span lang="km" xml:lang="km">វត្តពុទ្ធសាសនា</span> (wat pootasasna). A Christian church can be referred to either as <span lang="km" xml:lang="km">វត្តយេស៊ូ</span> (wat yeasu) or <span lang="km" xml:lang="km">វិហារយេស៊ូ</span>(vihear yeasu). Angkor Wat <span lang="km" xml:lang="km">អង្ករវត្ត</span> means city of temples.</p>
In everyday language in Thailand, a wat is any place of worship except a mosque (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">สุเหร่า</span> - su-rao; or <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">มัสยิด</span> - Thai rendering of masjid; a mosque may also be described as <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">โบสถ์ของอิสลาม</span> - bot khong Is-a-lam). Thus wat cheen is a Chinese temple (either Buddhist or Taoist), wat khaek is a Hindu temple, and wat kris or wat krit or wat farang is a Christian church, though Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">โบสถ์</span> (<span lang="th" xml:lang="th">โบด</span> bot) may be used descriptively as with mosque.</p>
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A typical Buddhist wat consists of the following buildings:</p>
<ul>[*]chaidei or chedi (Khmer <span lang="km" xml:lang="km">ចេតិយ</span>), (Lanna: phrathāt), (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">เจดีย์</span>) (from Sanskrit: chaitya, temple) - usually conical or bell-shaped buildings, often containing relics of Buddha
[*]vihear (Khmer <span lang="km" xml:lang="km">វិហារ</span>), (Lanna: wihān), viharn or wihaan (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">วิหาร</span>) from Sanskrit: vihara and Pali vihaan ) - a meeting and prayer room
[*]mondop (Lanna: mondop), (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">มณฑป</span>) (from Sanskrit: Mandapa) - a usually open, square building with four arches and a pyramidal roof, used to worship religious texts or objects[*]sala (Khmer សាលា), (Lanna: sālā), (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">ศาลา</span>) (from Sanskrit: Shala - School, from an earlier meaning of shelter) - a pavilion for relaxation or miscellaneous activities
[*]bot (Lanna: bōt), <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">โบสถ์</span> or ubosoth <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">อุโบสถ์</span> (from Pali uposatha) - the holiest prayer room, also called the "ordination hall" as it is where new monks take their vows. Architecturally it is similar to the vihara; the main differences are the eight cornerstones placed around the bot to ward off evil. The bot is usually more decorated than the viharn.[*]bibiloteca (Lanna: hōtham), (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">หอไตร</span>) - Tripitaka library where Buddhist scriptures are kept
[*]drum tower (Lanna: hōkong), (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">หอกลอง</span>)[*]bell tower (Lanna: hōding), (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">หอระฆัง</span>)[*]multipurpose hall (Lanna: sālā), (Thai: <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">ศาลาการเปรียญ</span>, study hall) is a building in a wat. In the past this hall was only for monks to study in, as parian is a Pali word meaning 'educated monk' or 'monk student'.
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The living quarters of the monks, including the <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">กุฏิ</span> (Lanna: kuti), (Thai <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">กุติ</span> kuti or <span lang="th" xml:lang="th">กุด</span> kut - monk cells) are separated from the sacred buildings.</p>
The roofs of Thai temples are often adorned with chofahs.</p>
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Some well-known wats include:</p>
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<ul>[*]Angkor Wat, near Siem Reap, Cambodia
[*]Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh[*]Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh[/list]
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<ul>[*]Pha That Luang, Vientiane, Laos
[*]Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang[/list]
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<ul>[*]Bangkok
<ul>[*]Wat Suthat, Bangkok, Thailand[*]Wat Benchamabophit (The Marble Temple)[*]Wat Ratchanadda[*]Wat Phra Kaew[*]Wat Arun
[*]Wat Bowonniwet[/list]
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<ul>[*]Lanna (Northern Thailand)
<ul>[*]Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai[*]Wat Chiang Man, Chiang Mai[*]Wat Chedi Luang, Chiang Mai
[*]Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai[*]Wat Phrathat Doi Tung, Chiang Rai[*]Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Lampang[*]Wat Phumin, Nan[/list]
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<ul>[*]Other regions
<ul>[*]Wat Phra Pathom Chedi, Nakhon Pathom[/list]
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<div style="padding:0em 0.25em">Refuge<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Buddhist devotion<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Puja: (Offerings<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Prostration<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Chanting)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Merit<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Paritta<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Generosity<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Renunciation<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Morality: (Precepts<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Bodhisattva vows<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Patimokkha)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Threefold Training: (Morality<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Concentration<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Wisdom)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Four Divine Abidings: (Loving-kindness<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Compassion<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Sympathetic joy<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Equanimity)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Perfections<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Enlightenment Qualities<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Seven Factors of Enlightenment<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Bases of Power<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Five Strengths<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Faith<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Effort (Four Right Exertions)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Mindfulness (Satipatthana)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Jhāna (Dhyāna)<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Bhavana<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Meditation: (<span lang="sa-Latn" title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none" xml:lang="sa-Latn">Kammaṭṭhāna</span><span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Recollection<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Smarana<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Mindfulness of Breathing<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Serenity meditation<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Insight meditation<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Shikantaza<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Zazen<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Kōan<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Mandala<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Tonglen<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Tantra<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Tertön<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Terma)</div>
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<div style="padding:0em 0.25em">Types of Buddha<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Private Buddha<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Bodhisattva<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Four stages of enlightenment: (Stream-enterer<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Once-returner<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Non-returner<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Arahant)</div>
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<div style="padding:0em 0.25em">Monk<span style="font-weight:bold;"> ·</span> Nun<span style="
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