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                    Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object | 
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:religion | 
| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Vassa | 
| gptkbp:associatedWith | rainy season | 
| gptkbp:customs | increased observance of precepts by laypeople offering candles to temples offering robes to monks | 
| gptkbp:duration | three lunar months | 
| gptkbp:endDate | full moon of the eleventh lunar month | 
| gptkbp:majorCity | gptkb:Cambodia gptkb:Laos gptkb:Myanmar gptkb:Sri_Lanka gptkb:Thailand | 
| gptkbp:observedBy | gptkb:Theravada_Buddhists | 
| gptkbp:origin | Buddha's instruction to monks to avoid travel during rainy season | 
| gptkbp:purpose | abstaining from travel for monks increased meditation and study period of monastic retreat | 
| gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Kathina_ceremony | 
| gptkbp:significance | time for laypeople to make merit time for ordination of new monks | 
| gptkbp:startDate | first day of the waning moon of the eighth lunar month | 
| gptkbp:相关节日 | gptkb:Khao_Phansa gptkb:Ok_Phansa | 
| gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Asalha_Puja | 
| gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 | 
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Buddhist Lent |