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Sak Yant Stencils For Tracing
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- Source
- Contributed Thai texts (Downloads haul 2026-07-09)
- Genre
- Magic & Ritual · ไสยศาสตร์
- Script
- Thai · อักษรไทย
- Language
- Thai
- Extent
- 104 pages
What is drawn on these pages
Readings of the illustrated pages, in the tradition's own vocabulary. Described by a vision pass; the quoted captions are transcribed from the page itself.
- Folio 8 · diagram — A sak-yant tattoo stencil captioned in modern Thai ยันต์ดอกบัวทอง (yant dok bua thong, the golden-lotus yant). A single tall vertical column of Tham Lanna spell-script runs the length of the leaf like see the page →
- Folio 10 · diagram — A sak-yant stencil captioned ยันต์สาริกาคู่ (yant sarika khu, the paired-sarika yant). Two facing sarika (myna) birds perch head-to-head atop a long vertical column of Tham Lanna spell-script, three u see the page →
- Folio 14 · diagram — Two sak-yant stencils side by side. Left, captioned ยันต์ ๕ แถว (yant ha thaew, the five-row yant): five parallel vertical lines of dense Tham Lanna script, each capped by an unalom spike — the five-l see the page →
- Folio 17 · diagram — A sak-yant sheet of two money-bag roundels, captioned ยันต์ถุงเงินถุงทอง … โภคทรัพย์ (yant thung ngoen thung thong, the silver-bag gold-bag yant; phokha sap, wealth). Each is a drawn pouch: a quartere see the page →
- Folio 21 · diagram — Sak-yant tracing stencil. Two "yant dok bua" (lotus yantras) drawn one above the other in fine black outline; caption below reads ๑ ยันต์ดอกบัว ฯ ("No. 1, Lotus Yantra"). Each yant is a stylised lotus see the page →
- Folio 23 · diagram — Sak-yant tracing stencil. A single composite yant: a central lotus with a flame/unalome finial and three spire-markers above (the middle one a rounded uposatha/spade marker), flanked left and right by see the page →
- Folio 25 · diagram — Sak-yant tracing stencil, a second "yant sarika khu" (paired-sarika) variant. A central lotus topped by a flame/unalome finial with three spire-markers rises between two facing sarika birds; a central see the page →
- Folio 26 · diagram — A sak-yant stencil captioned ยันต์นกยูง (yant nok yung, the peacock yant). Two peacocks with long sweeping tail-plumes stand facing, flanking a central tied money-bag/heart, the whole enclosed in a br see the page →
- Folio 31 · diagram — A sak-yant stencil captioned ยันต์หงส์คำ (yant hong kham, the golden-hamsa yant). A single hamsa (celestial swan/goose) rises with wings spread and a long curling scrolled tail, wrapped in an arc of T see the page →
- Folio 32 · diagram — A sak-yant stencil captioned ยันต์พญาไก่ฟ้า (yant phaya kai fa, the lord-pheasant / firebird yant). A crested pheasant-phoenix sweeps across the leaf with a long trailing plumed tail, a small Na-circl see the page →
- Folio 34 · diagram — A sak-yant sheet of two butterfly stencils, captioned ยันต์ผีเสื้อ (yant phi suea, the butterfly yant). Above, a symmetrical open-winged butterfly with patterned wings, an unalom crown and an arc of T see the page →
- Folio 43 · diagram — A sak-yant stencil captioned as a Hanuman yant. Hanuman the white monkey-warrior leaps in three-quarter view, brandishing a staff/trident and a pennoned flag, mouth open, tail curling; his limbs and t see the page →
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