Kathina ceremony

E655864

Buddhist festival religious ceremony

The Kathina ceremony is a significant Buddhist festival marking the end of the monastic rains retreat, during which lay devotees offer new robes and other requisites to the monastic community.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kathina ceremony canonical	3
Kathina	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist festival ⓘ religious ceremony ⓘ
associatedWith	Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Buddhist holidays ⓘ Buddhist rituals ⓘ
culturalSignificance	community gathering ⓘ strengthening lay-monastic relationship ⓘ
duration	celebrated within a limited period after Vassa ⓘ
etymology	Pali term "kathina" ⓘ
follows	three-month rains retreat ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasEffect	accumulation of merit for donors ⓘ provision of material support for monasteries ⓘ
hasPurpose	expressing lay devotion ⓘ making merit ⓘ supporting the monastic community ⓘ
hasRitual	chanting of parittas ⓘ formal robe-offering ⓘ procession to monastery ⓘ transfer of merit ⓘ
involves	offering of requisites to monks ⓘ offering of robes ⓘ
linkedTo	Buddhist monastic discipline ⓘ Vinaya rules ⓘ
marksEndOf	Buddhist rains retreat ⓘ Vassa NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedIn	Cambodia NERFINISHED ⓘ Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ other Theravada Buddhist countries ⓘ
participants	Buddhist monastic community ⓘ lay devotees ⓘ
performedBy	Buddhist laity ⓘ
performedFor	Buddhist monks ⓘ
relatedPractice	dana (generosity) ⓘ
relatedTo	Sangha NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Theravada NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolism	gratitude to the Sangha ⓘ renewal of monastic life ⓘ
timeOfYear	end of rainy season ⓘ
typicalOffering	alms bowl ⓘ medicine ⓘ monastic requisites ⓘ new robes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bodh Gaya → majorFestivalObserved → Kathina ceremony ⓘ

Vassa → associatedFestival → Kathina ceremony ⓘ

Vassa → relatedConcept → Kathina ceremony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kathina

Buddhist Lent → linkedFestival → Kathina ceremony ⓘ

Tai Khün → traditionalFestivals → Kathina ceremony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kathina