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History of Somdej Praputtajarn Toh prommarangsee and the making of Pra Somdej WAt Rakang Amulet Somdej Pra Puttajarn Toh Prommarungsee was born on 17 April 1788 in Ayuttaya Province. It is belived that he is the son of King Rama 2 of Chakri Dynasty .He was ordained as a novice in 1800 at the age of 12.At the age of 21 in the year 1807 , he was ordained as a mopnk under the Royal Patronage at Wat Praseeratanasasadaram (Wat Prakeo) in Bangkok . His clerical Buddhist name is Prommarungsee. In 1864 at the age of 76 he was bestowed the Buddhist rank as Somdej Praputtajarn ,a prominent status of Rattanakosin city (the predecessor of Bangkok). His tenure of King Rama 5, a total of 65 years. He died in 1872 at the age of 85. There are a lot of Buddha amulet in Thailand but there is not even one as famous and sought after as PraSomdej Wat Rakang made by Somdej Pra Puttajarn Toh Prommarungsee. Pra Somdej Wat rakang, was made from 5 kinds of sacared powers namwly Pattamung, Ithije Maharaj,Puttakun and Treenisinghe.The process started with incantation of holy-scriptor,writing sutra and holy symbols(yantra) with chalk on a alate boaed,erased and rewrote several hundred times over and over again.The dust gathered thus signifies the sacred powder of ritual.This first collected power is called Puttamung.Puttamung powder in then mixed with water to mold into the pencil shape. sun-dried and then used in writing another chapter of sutras.The process of writing and erasing is repeated as many times as stipulated in holy sutras.The dust gathered from the second rite in Ithije.The same process is perfumed until all 5 ingredients have been collected.The ingredients of 5 kinds are then mixed together and added to a bulk substance which consisted of ground shells as main part, others included dried cooked rice powder ,crushed banana,diffrent kinds of pollen grains,different kinds of sacred powders,holy water and Tung oil which is acted as a cement substance. All kind of ingredients mentioned above are thoroughly mixed as a bulk.Then a small part of ingredients is pressrd into each mold made of slate(bule-gray stone) . The 5 molds named as follow: 1.Pim Pra Pratarn or PIM Yai 2.Pim Jedee 3.Pim Gate bautoom 4.Pim Tarnsaam 5.Pim Prokpoh Pra somdej Wat Rakang of difference molds were man-made in manyoccasion from 1867 til 1871 with the total of 84,000 from 5 molds,equaling the number of the Dhammakkhandha( holy scriptures)ใ After each batch was made , incantation was recited alone over them to be sacred as much as possible.Then they were given to person who belived and respected on those Pra Somdej amulet. Most of Pra Somdej Wat Rakang were not kept in the pagoda except a small number was found mixed with another Pra Somdej Bangkhoonprom in the pagoda of Wat Bangkhoonprom, Bangkok province.
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