Hanuman Bearing the Banner Medal, Maha Prap Edition (Royal Mint Dies), Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2542

B.E. 2542

The Hanuman Bearing the Banner medal, Maha Prap (“Great Subduing”) edition of Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2542 (1999), struck by the Royal Mint. The obverse shows Hanuman in flight bearing a banner, encircled by sacred letters; the reverse bears a yantra. As far as the images in this record show, it was made in gold, silver and copper.

The Hanuman Bearing the Banner medal, Maha Prap edition of Wat Chulamanee was made in B.E. 2542 (1999). Its dies were cut and struck by the Royal Mint. It is an oval medal with a rim milled like a cog wheel.

The obverse shows Hanuman bearing the banner in flight, raising a banner in one hand and holding a trident in the other, with rays radiating around him and Khom-script letters filling the field of the medal. Along the lower edge appears the Thai inscription “Wat Chulamanee, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram.”

The reverse bears a lotus-form yantra, with sacred letters set around it in both the inner and outer rings and along the rim.

The Lineage of the Formula

According to the temple's record of “Studies undertaken with the masters,” Phra Khru Sophitwiriyaphon (Luang Pho Itthi Bhaddacaro) learned the formula of the “Maha Prap medal, Hanuman bearing the banner” from Luang Pho Phin of Wat Ubonwannaram, Ratchaburi — the source of both the name and the form of this edition.

Photographs of the various materials

Gold

Silver

Copper

Note

Details of the consecration rite, the numbers produced, and the full range of materials for this edition await confirmation from the temple. The account above records only what the images, the inscriptions on the medal itself, and the record of Luang Pho Itthi's studies show.

Note: this account is compiled to document the amulets of Wat Chulamanee and is not intended for any purpose of trade.