[is] rich; wealthy; affluent; moneyed

[ราศีมังกร] Thai Zodiac sign for Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac

meat

[พระมังสะ] [royalty] flesh

dais; bed or raised platform

earth; clay; mud

to economize; save

[is] thrifty; frugal; economical

shiny (as in shoes); shining

[ประเทศมัลดีฟส์] Maldives, a country in Asia

Muscat, Musqat, the capital city of โอมาน  (Oman)

to arrive; reach (when coming); get (and bring)

[มาอยู่] has come to be (located at)

many kinds

The third lunar month

even if; even though; although

maneki neko, "beckoning cat"

[is] deceptive; pretend; feigned; false

artifice; deceit; trick; artifice; wile; pretence; deception; craft; stratagem

It's no wonder that...

measurement; dimension

[of medicines] to affect; to produce as an effect

[is] famous; well known

to vote for approval; approve (in a legislative sense); vote in favor of

(to have ) balls to (do something); to dare to; to have the nerve to

razor (dry or electric), shaver

enforcer of the law; police

to aim for; to hope for

PAVENA Foundation for Children and Women

sea urchin

[is] drugged; on drugs

"Whenever a gathering like this arises, it generates many different waves of criticism regarding the appropriateness and propriety of the monks' behavior. Some agree; some disagree."

[แม่กม] the sixth of the "Eight Word Ending Protocols" in Thai grammar, the "-m" sound at the end of a syllable, a live ending.