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กตัญญู grateful กตัญญูเมื่อวาน the quality of being a grateful person; gratefulness; one who is thankful for the benefits received and reciprocates them กตเวที one who reciprocates favors received กตัต Reserve Kamma; minor kamma or casual acts that are not serious, or are committed without intention. กฎสากลของโลก universal law กฎแห่งกรรม Law of Kamma; Law of Karmа; Law of Cause and Effect; Law of Action กฐิน (kathina) the Kathina ceremony; annual robe presentation ceremony; robe offering ceremony; robe offering. -- Kathina is the wooden frame which monks in ancient India used to sew their clothes on. The clothes thus prepared came to be known as Kathina clothes or Kathina robes. The event in which the robes are offered to the monks is known as the Kathina Ceremony or Robe Offering Ceremony. To complete the ceremony it is required that at least five monks are present to represent the Sangha, the community of monks. Offering of robes by laypeople to the monks is a way to express gratitude to the monks and an act of support for the religion.