Phra Rod Amulet (R-08)
Name: Phra Rod Amulet
Period: Tavaravadi
Origin: Lopburi, Thailand
Age: 7th to 13th century
Dimensions (in mm): Width - 14, Height - 27, Depth - 8
Renown for: Protection, Survival, Safety, Well Being, Respect, Resilience
Background: Phra Rod Amulets
As Queen Jamadevi the 1st of her name, Ruler of the Haripunchai Kingdom, was a devout religious Buddhist who had faith in her hermit gurus and held them in high regard she had built a number of temples and pagodas where she made the amulets her self and by others. Eventually she ordered them to be housed under these buildings for protection. There are a large variety of her incantation amulets each named after the spells imbued within and the print and pagoda where they were crafted. Amulets were gifted to her people for personal worship, carried as relics for well being, protection, respect, resilience against suffering in all forms.
Being a brave Queen of Harinpunchai, she had commanded troops in battle many times finding victory every time. Queen Jamadevi was almost always seen with her sword at her side marking her as one of the first, if not the first in a long history of Warrior Queens of the region. When her amulets were distributed her soldiers received first priority for amulets specifically hand crafted and imbued with powers of protection, safety, survival, and general well being.
Phra Rod Amulets
There are several types of Amulets from this period. The smallest in the series, which is one of the top five amulets ranking from the past, is the Phra Rod, with height of not more than 30mm. Phra Rod in the figure of the Buddha in the seated position (Pang Marvichai). Sitting cross legged with the right hand on the right knee and the left hand on his lap, has a meaning of the evil spirits capturing as recorded in the history of Buddhism. Phra Rod has a meaning for surviving through all dangers or being safe from all dangerous encounters. The materials for making Phra Rod were selected by spiritual hermits and Queen Jamadevi and composed into the mix such as the earth from the high plain of respect, the pollen of particular flowers used for worship and other holy powder conducted for the mix. Other amulets made and conducted by Queen Jamadevi shared similar characteristics but differed in sizes and are bigger than Phra Rod.
Name: Phra Rod Amulet
Period: Tavaravadi
Origin: Lopburi, Thailand
Age: 7th to 13th century
Dimensions (in mm): Width - 14, Height - 27, Depth - 8
Renown for: Protection, Survival, Safety, Well Being, Respect, Resilience
Background: Phra Rod Amulets
As Queen Jamadevi the 1st of her name, Ruler of the Haripunchai Kingdom, was a devout religious Buddhist who had faith in her hermit gurus and held them in high regard she had built a number of temples and pagodas where she made the amulets her self and by others. Eventually she ordered them to be housed under these buildings for protection. There are a large variety of her incantation amulets each named after the spells imbued within and the print and pagoda where they were crafted. Amulets were gifted to her people for personal worship, carried as relics for well being, protection, respect, resilience against suffering in all forms.
Being a brave Queen of Harinpunchai, she had commanded troops in battle many times finding victory every time. Queen Jamadevi was almost always seen with her sword at her side marking her as one of the first, if not the first in a long history of Warrior Queens of the region. When her amulets were distributed her soldiers received first priority for amulets specifically hand crafted and imbued with powers of protection, safety, survival, and general well being.
Phra Rod Amulets
There are several types of Amulets from this period. The smallest in the series, which is one of the top five amulets ranking from the past, is the Phra Rod, with height of not more than 30mm. Phra Rod in the figure of the Buddha in the seated position (Pang Marvichai). Sitting cross legged with the right hand on the right knee and the left hand on his lap, has a meaning of the evil spirits capturing as recorded in the history of Buddhism. Phra Rod has a meaning for surviving through all dangers or being safe from all dangerous encounters. The materials for making Phra Rod were selected by spiritual hermits and Queen Jamadevi and composed into the mix such as the earth from the high plain of respect, the pollen of particular flowers used for worship and other holy powder conducted for the mix. Other amulets made and conducted by Queen Jamadevi shared similar characteristics but differed in sizes and are bigger than Phra Rod.
Name: Phra Rod Amulet
Period: Tavaravadi
Origin: Lopburi, Thailand
Age: 7th to 13th century
Dimensions (in mm): Width - 14, Height - 27, Depth - 8
Renown for: Protection, Survival, Safety, Well Being, Respect, Resilience
Background: Phra Rod Amulets
As Queen Jamadevi the 1st of her name, Ruler of the Haripunchai Kingdom, was a devout religious Buddhist who had faith in her hermit gurus and held them in high regard she had built a number of temples and pagodas where she made the amulets her self and by others. Eventually she ordered them to be housed under these buildings for protection. There are a large variety of her incantation amulets each named after the spells imbued within and the print and pagoda where they were crafted. Amulets were gifted to her people for personal worship, carried as relics for well being, protection, respect, resilience against suffering in all forms.
Being a brave Queen of Harinpunchai, she had commanded troops in battle many times finding victory every time. Queen Jamadevi was almost always seen with her sword at her side marking her as one of the first, if not the first in a long history of Warrior Queens of the region. When her amulets were distributed her soldiers received first priority for amulets specifically hand crafted and imbued with powers of protection, safety, survival, and general well being.
Phra Rod Amulets
There are several types of Amulets from this period. The smallest in the series, which is one of the top five amulets ranking from the past, is the Phra Rod, with height of not more than 30mm. Phra Rod in the figure of the Buddha in the seated position (Pang Marvichai). Sitting cross legged with the right hand on the right knee and the left hand on his lap, has a meaning of the evil spirits capturing as recorded in the history of Buddhism. Phra Rod has a meaning for surviving through all dangers or being safe from all dangerous encounters. The materials for making Phra Rod were selected by spiritual hermits and Queen Jamadevi and composed into the mix such as the earth from the high plain of respect, the pollen of particular flowers used for worship and other holy powder conducted for the mix. Other amulets made and conducted by Queen Jamadevi shared similar characteristics but differed in sizes and are bigger than Phra Rod.