Yantra cloth
Yantra cloth are red, black, or white fabrics decorated with Buddhist esoteric inscriptions that are used in South-East Asia to seek spiritual protection for houses or individuals, dead or alive. While they are very common, they are unorthodox Buddhist supersition as described by psychologist Stuart Vyse.[1]
Description
Forms
The yantra cloth can be used to protect houses. In Chinese cuture, it is used to cover dead bodies. In Cambodia and Thailand, yantra cloth is used to make shirts to boost Bokator fighters. The latter have also become popular for international fighters such as Thiago Silva.[2]
Dedication
Some yantra cloth remain sybilline in their interpretation. Most Khmer yantra cloth used to protect houses are decorated with rain quails.[3] In Thailand, it is common to see yantra cloth dedicated to Buddhist divinities such as Nang Kwak or Thao Kuwen or dead monks such as Luang Phor Koon.
Rituals
Fabrication
During a traditional fabrication of yantra cloth, special rituals are followed with incantantions and black magic in order to make the artificact efficient according to this superstition. Modern marketizing may sell factory-processed yantra cloth without going througbh these rites.
Home blessings
Raising a yantra cloth on the beams of a new house is an essential rite in the blessing of a new house in Thailand and Cambodia in order to ward off evils spirits.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "ហេតុអ្វី មនុស្សមានអបិយជំនឿ ?" [Why are people superstitious?]. Cam News. 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
{{cite web}}: zero width space character in|title=at position 5 (help) - ^ "អាវយ័ន្ដខ្មែរពូកែអស្ចារ្យ! Thiago ខ្ញុំវា យ លើកនេះនៅក្នុងទឹកដីអាលឺ្លម៉ង់ គឺតំណាងឱ្យប្រជាជនខ្មែរ និងប្រទសកម្ពុជាទាំងមូល - សង្គម សិល្បៈ កម្សាន្ដ". Khmer News. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ Sunly, Chhun (2020-12-22). "មិននឹកស្មានថា "យ័ន្តសត្វក្រួច" ការពារភ្លើងឆេះផ្ទះ មានប្រវត្តិគួរឱ្យចាប់អារម្មណ៍ដូច្នេះសោះ". sbm.news (in Khmer). Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ Choulean, Ang. "២៨. យន្ត្រក្រួច (Yantra Krouch)". Yosothor. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
Bibliography
- Gonzalez-Wippler, Migene (2001). Complete Book Of Amulets & Talismans. Lewellyn Publications. ISBN 0-87542-287-X.
External links
- Ang Choulean. "២៨. យន្ត្រក្រួច". Yosothor. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
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