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pidan

pidan noun: a traditional, hand-woven Cambodian silk textile used as a ceremonial hanging, canopy, or tapestry within Buddhist temples; often four-meter-long, typically featuring figurative narratives depicting scenes from the Jataka tales.

pidan: a traditional, hand-woven Cambodian silk textile used as a ceremonial hanging, canopy, or tapestry...
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Noun

pidan

  1. A traditional, hand-woven Cambodian silk textile used as a ceremonial hanging, canopy, or tapestry within Buddhist temples; often four-meter-long, typically featuring figurative narratives depicting scenes from the Jataka tales.
  2. Synonym of century egg.
    Synonyms:
    century egg

Synonyms of pidan

Questions about pidan

What does pidan mean?
Pidan means a traditional, hand-woven Cambodian silk textile used as a ceremonial hanging, canopy, or tapestry within Buddhist temples; often four-meter-long, typically featuring figurative narratives depicting scenes from the Jataka tales.
What part of speech is pidan?
Pidan is a noun.

Words near pidan in the dictionary

  1. picumeterol
  2. Picunche
  3. Picuris
  4. PICUs
  5. PID
  6. pidan
  7. Pidari
  8. Pidbuzh
  9. Piddig
  10. Piddinghoe
  11. Piddington

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