Editing Songkran (Thailand) (section)

==Etymology==
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''[[Songkran]]'' is a Thai word,<ref>V. S. Bhaskar, Government of Assam, India. (2009). "Festivals: Songkran", ''Faith & Philosophy of Buddhism''. New Delhi, India: Kalpaz Publications. 312 pp. pp. 261-262. {{ISBN|978-817-8-35722-5}}. "Songkran is a Thai word which means 'move'..."
* Taipei City Government, Taiwan (ROC). (2008). ''Teipei: 2008 Yearbook''. [臺北市年鑑2008-英文版 (In Chinese)]. Taipei: Taipei City Government Editorial Group. 386 pp. {{ISBN|978-986-0-14421-5}}. p. 269. "(Songkran) is in April, and Thai people celebrate their new year by splashing water at each other, hence the Thai name Songkran, i.e., "Water Splashing Festival."
* Rooney, Dawn F. (2008). Ancient Sukhothai: Thailand's Cultural Heritage. Bangkok: River Books Press. 247 pp. {{ISBN|978-974-9-86342-8}}. p. 36. "'Songkran' is a Thai name that derives from a Sanskrit word meaning 'to move to', a reference to the sun's movements.
* Komlosy, A. (2002). [https://web.archive.org/web/20170814175634/https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/10023/7293/AnouskaKomlosyPhDThesis.pdf?sequence=3 ''Images Of The Dai : The Aesthetics Of Gender And Identity In Xishuangbanna'']. [Doctoral Dissertation, University of St. Andrews]. University of St. Andrews Research Repository. [https://hdl.handle.net/10023/7293 'https://hdl.handle.net/10023/7293']. p. 334. "The term Songkran is a Thai word meaning to move, here it refers to the Sun which moves into the sign of Aries at this time of the year". pp. 334–335. "The Thai term Songkran is now used by many Southeast Asia specialists to refer to the New Year festival held in many countries, including Myanmar, Laos and China."
* [https://www.oed.com/dictionary/songkran_n?tab=meaning_and_use#190072726 "Songkran" (noun) in Oxford English Dictionary (Online)]. Retrieved on 17 April 2024.
* Anouska Komlosy. "Procession and Water Splashing: Expressions of Locality and Nationality during Dai New Year in Xishuangbanna: Songkran", ''The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'', 10(2). (2004, June). London: [[Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland]]. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3804155 JSTOR #i370994]. p. 357. "The term Songkran is a Thai word meaning ' to move ' , and it refers here to the Sun, which moves into the sign of Aries at this time of the year."
* Prakong Nimmanahaeminda, Academy of Arts, [[Royal Society of Thailand]]. "Myth and Ritual : A Study of the Songkran Festival", ''The Journal of The Royal Society of Thailand'', 29(1–2), (2004, January–March). pp. 345–350. "Songkran is a Thai word which means of movement."
* Malaysia, Jabatan Perpaduan Negara Dan Integrasi Nasional (JPNIN). (1985). [https://search.worldcat.org/title/21156065 ''Festivals and religious occasions in Malaysia'']. (First series). Kuala Lumpur: The National Unity Department of Malaysia, Prime Minister's Dept. 36 pp. p. 26. "'SONGKRAN' is a Traditional New Year of the Thai people and this day normally fulls in the month of April. 'SONGKRAN' is a Thai word meaning change of exchange."
* [[Philip Ward|Sir. Philip John Newling Ward, Maj. Gen]]. (1974). "THE SONGKRAN FESTIVAL", ''Bangkok: Portrait of a City''. Cambridge, United Kingdom: The Oleander Press. 136 pp. p. 111. {{ISBN|978-090-2-67544-5}}. "Thai word ' Songkran ' literally means a move or change".
* James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray. (1912). "FESTIVALS AND FACTS (Siamese)", [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.56056 ''Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics Vol. 5'']. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 886.</ref> derived from [[Sanskrit]]<ref>Oxford Business Group (OBG). (2011). "Water wars: The traditional Thai New Year includes some playful activities", ''The Report: Thailand 2012''. (n.p.): Oxford Business Group. 268 pp. p. 260.{{ISBN|978-190-7-06563-7}}
* {{Cite MWSD|url=http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/cgi-bin/monier/serveimg.pl?file=/scans/MWScan/MWScanjpg/mw1127-saMketagRhaka.jpg|term=Saṃkrānti}}
</ref> ''[[sankranti|saṅkrānti]]'' ({{lang|sa|संक्रान्ति}}), meaning 'to move', 'movement',<ref name=":1"/>{{rp|4}} 'the passing of'<ref>[[Nadine Epstein|Epstein, N.]], and Arvigo, R. (2021). ''Spiritual Bathing: Healing Rituals and Traditions from Around the World'' (eBook). (n.p.): Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. 192 pp.</ref> or 'astrological passage'.<ref>[[Sarah Bartlett|Bartlett, S]]. (2015). ''Spellcraft for a Magical Year: Rituals and Enchantments for Prosperity, Power, and Fortune''. United States: Quarto Publishing Group USA. 224 pp. {{ISBN|978-162-7-88297-2}}</ref>{{rp|70}} It derives from the movement of the sun from one position to another in the [[zodiac]]. According to its literal meaning in Sanskrit, a Songkran occurs every month. However, the period that Thai people refer to as Songkran happens when the sun moves from [[Pisces (astrology)|Pisces]] to [[Aries (astrology)|Aries]] in the zodiac.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title = The magic and traditions of Thai New Year (Songkran)|url = http://www.tatnews.org/the-magic-and-traditions-of-thai-new-year-songkran/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140405103542/http://www.tatnews.org/the-magic-and-traditions-of-thai-new-year-songkran/|archive-date = 5 April 2014|website = Tourism Authority of Thailand Newsroom|access-date = 12 December 2015|language = en}}</ref> The correct name for this period should actually be ''Songkran'' ('great Songkran)<ref>Corness, I. (2015). "Songkran", ''Farang: Thailand through the eyes of an ex-pat'' (eBook). Dublin, Ireland: Maverick House. 240 pp. {{ISBN|978-190-5-37977-4}}</ref>{{rp|4}} because it coincides with the arrival of a New Year. The Songkran festival is, therefore, a celebration of the New Year in accordance with the [[solar calendar]]. The celebration covers a period of three days: 13 April is regarded as ''Maha Songkran'', the day that the sun moves into Aries on the zodiac or the last day of the old year. The next day, 14 April is called ''Wan Nao'', the transitional day between the old and the new years, and 15 April is called ''Wan Thaloeng Sok'' ({{langx|th|วันเถลิงศก}} 'to begin a new era or year'), New Year's day itself.<ref name=JRIT-2004>{{cite journal |last1=Nimmanahaeminda |first1=Prakong |title=Myth and Ritual: A Study of the Songkran Festival |journal=The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand |date=April–June 2004 |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=345–350 |url=http://legacy.orst.go.th/wp-content/uploads/royin-ebook/61/FileUpload/36_6420.pdf |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>