Digital Humanities Research Group (DHRG KKU)
Wirapong Chansanam (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
Sak Yan’s Knowledge Representation by Ontology
This Sakyan ontology is a data model for publishing Yantras data on the Web as a Knowledge Graph. The primary focuses of the model are: The root concept comprise classes of several main topics correlated to Yantras domain such as Beliefs, AuspiciousTime, Calendar, Disciple, Equipment, Herbs, ImaginaryBeings, Languages, Liquid, Motives, Objectives, patterns, Prodecure, Prohibition, Properties, Ritual, SacredThing, Sakyan, Schools, Status, SurefaceArea, Tatto, Type, Yantras. These classes have several subclasses which action as their inheritance. For Example, Objectives class has seventh subclasses ToCharm, ToFashion, ToGainCharisma, ToIdentity, ToMaturity, ToRemember, and ToTheWayOfLiving. ToCharm has two subclasses ToAttractiveness and ToLovingKindness.
Yantras have become rapidly cognition common in the Western people among those attracted in the mysterious and belief pious performs of East and Southeast Asia. Yantra is a Sanskrit (Sk) word meaning, “A tool used to control”. In ASEAN countries, Yantras are referred to by their Pali (P) same Yanta or in Thai (Th) as Sak Yan.