User talk:Comte De Boigne

Ayutthaya

I reverted the changes because I saw no connection between Ayutthaya and Rama. The term is used for kings in Rattanakosin period (i.e. when Bangkok is the capital of kingdom), not the earlier Ayutthaya period. For the Rama King topic, you can look at the article Rama (King of Thailand). -- Lerdsuwa 10:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Much of Thai language came Pali and Sanskrit. The Hindu gods and the Ramayana epic has been very well known to Thais for long time ago (like the Angkor Wat in the nearby Khmer Empire). Also in the old time, King is often associated to god and heaven. So Ayutthaya was named for the earlier capital. Rama was used as the name of Kings of the current dynasty. Bangkok means "City of Angel". The Grand Palace was built the way artists imagined how the heaven should look like with giants and angels guarding the Temple. The list can go on and on. Ayutthaya and Rama usage is just a coincidence. -- Lerdsuwa 15:34, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]