Pha Yant Garuda, Talisman, Thai Amulets
(1 pc. / Red / size : 9 x 14 cm.)
*Width 9 cm.
*Height 14 cm.
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Wat Ratchanatdaram is a buddhist temple (wat) located
at
the
intersection between Ratchadamnoen Klang and Maha Chai Road, in Phra Nakhon
district, Bangkok.
Meaning Temple of the Royal Niece, the temple was
built to
the
order of King Nangklao (Rama III) for his granddaughter, Princess Somanass
Waddhanawathy in 1846.
Amulets
Many Thais wear amulets for
protection against disaster, and the rarer the amulet or the more of them, the
better.
Talisman/Yan/Yant
Sak Yant, or
Yant cloth, is a form of tattooing
that sometimes uses Indian
Yant designs.
It contains sacred motifs,
animal figures, deities, along with Pali words that are said to grant power,
protection, fortune, prestige and other benefits
to the bearer.
Legend of Garuda
Sanskrit. A large and savage,
firebreathing,
mythological bird, mount of the Hindu god Vishnu, with enough size to block out the sun and wings that create
hurricane-like winds, that darken the sky,
and chant the Vedas when flying. He is the king of birds, a son of Kasyapa
and
Vinata, whose sister was Kadru, the mother of serpents, thus making him
a half-brother of the nagas and snakes. However, in a bid to liberate his mother Vinata, who had become enslaved to her sister
after losing a imprudent bet,
he became the arch-enemy of the serpents. He is usually depicted with a golden body of a human and the wings and feet of
a bird, and the beak of an eagle.
He has
a white face and a crown on his head and is in art often shown in battle with a
snake or naga, or sometimes flanked by a pair of nagas, a depiction in Thai referred to as Phaya
Krut yuk Naak. However, his depiction varies from country
to country, and in some places he may be portrayed with more human-like
features. His birth and actions are told in the first book of the epic
Mahabharata, where it is written that when he first hatched, he appeared as a raging inferno equal to the cosmic blaze that consumes the
world at the end of every yuga. Frightened, the gods begged for mercy,
whereupon Garuda reduced himself
in size and force.The flaming nimbus usually
depicted with Fudo Myoo, also known as Budong and Acalanatha, is said to be the
flame of the Garuda
and in iconography,the features of a bird can hence sometimes be discovered entangled in those
flames.
In the Vedas, where he is mentioned
the first time,
he is said to have brought nectar from heaven to earth. In Hinduism, worship of
Garuda is believed to remove the effects of poisons from one's body. Krishna
carries the image of Garuda on his banner and in Thailand, he is since 1911
the
nation's royal symbol, replacing the unofficial coat of arms of
the Kingdom of Siam, while showing the connection between the Thai monarch
as
the protector of the nation, and the mighty god Vishnu as the protector
of the universe. In line
with this, the Garuda is also the emblem of the Civil Service, whose flag
consists a white field with a golden Garuda,
and whose members wear it on the buckle of their uniform belts, akin to members
of the Royal Thai Police and the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
A red Garuda over a green banner with the golden inscription Dooy Dai Rap Phra
Boromma Racha Anuyaht, i.e. ‘By (having received) Royal Permission’ is a Royal
Warrant of Appointment given by the King of Thailand to any purveyor to the
royal household or to someone who or a business that has shown exceptional services and
commitment to the development of the nation, and is known as Krut Trah Tang
Hahng. Garuda has six sons from whom the race of birds descended.
In Buddhism,
garudas are huge and intelligent predatory birds with social order,
and believed to dwell in silk cotton trees. In 1924, his image was portrayed on the nation's
first ever issue of airmail postage stamps and he somewhat became
the
unofficial emblem of the Thai Post in its early form, before the establishment
of the Thailand Post Public Company Limited in 2003, and appears
in several forms on the General Post
Office Building in Bangkok, sometimes depicted holding a post horn. There is a
rather unique Garuda shrine, known as Sahn Chao Pho Khrut, tucked away in a
short and narrow street in Bangkok's Phra Nakhon District. He is also known by the names Chirada, Gaganeshvara, Galohn, Kamayusha, Karura,
Kashyapi, Khageshvara, Khangard, Nagantaka, Shyena (eagle), Sitanana,
Sudhahara, Suban, Suparna or Supanna (well-winged), Tarkshya, Vainateya,
Vineeta, Vishnuratha (ratha or chariot of Vishnu), etc.
The Thai national symbol is the
Garuda or Krut,
here shown in Rattanakosin style. In art, he is often depicted in battle with a
snake or naga.
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