ดุสิต

Thai

Gautama Buddha preaching in Tusita heaven, Indian relief, 2nd century

Dusit Palace plaza, Bangkok

Dusit Maha Prasat Hall, Grand Palace, Bangkok

Alternative forms

• ดุษิต, ตุสิต, ดุสิดา

Etymology

From Pali tusita (literally “contented; gratified; joyed; pleased; satisfied”); perhaps via Old Khmer tusita, tussidda. Cognate with Modern Khmer តុសិត (tosət). Compare Sanskrit तुषित (tuṣita), from which Thai ดุษิต was derived.

Pronunciation

Orthographic		ดุสิต ɗ u s i t
Phonemic		ดุ-สิด ɗ u – s i ɗ	[bound form] ดุ-สิด-ตะ- ɗ u – s i ɗ – t a –	[bound form] ดุ-สิ-ตะ- ɗ u – s i – t a –
Romanization	Paiboon	dù-sìt	dù-sìt-dtà-	dù-sì-dtà-
	Royal Institute	du-sit	du-sit-ta-	du-si-ta-
(standard) IPA(key)		/du˨˩.sit̚˨˩/(R)	/du˨˩.sit̚˨˩.ta˨˩./	/du˨˩.si˨˩.ta˨˩./
Homophones edit		ดุษิต

Noun

ดุสิต • (dù-sìt)

1. (Buddhist cosmology) Tusita, the fourth of the six spheres of heaven, ruled by สันดุสิต.
2. (Buddhist cosmology) a class of divine beings that live in this sphere.

Derived terms

• ดุสิตาลัย
• สันดุสิต

See also

• (six spheres of heaven) ฉกามาพจร: จาตุมหาราช, ดาวดึงส์, ยามา (yaa-maa), ดุสิต (dù-sìt), นิมมานรดี, ปรนิมมิตวสวัตดี

Proper noun

ดุสิต • (dù-sìt)

1. (เขต~) Dusit District, a district of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
2. (พระราชวัง~) Dusit Palace, a compound of royal residences in Bangkok, Thailand.
3. (พระที่นั่ง~) Dusit Maha Prasat Hall, a throne hall within the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand.
4. a male given name from Pali; Dusit