Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa (3x)
Om Tawane Tawana Ruesi Narot Ruesi Ta Wua Ruesi Ta Fai
Namo Putthaya Na-Ma-Pa-Tha Ja-Pha-Ka-Sa Namamihang Ruesi Thang 108 Ton
Om Namo Jivako Sirasa Ahang Karuniko Sabba-Sattanam Osatha-Dibba-Mantang Pabhaso Suriya-Candang
Canonical Pali Root (บาลีมูลฐาน)
Oṃ namo Jīvako sirasā ahaṃ karuṇiko sabbasattānaṃ osathadibbamantaṃ pabhāso suriyacandaṃ.
The principal ascetic seers credited in Siamese chronicles with founding ancient cities and crypt treatises
Om Namo Jivako Sirasa Ahang
With bowed head I honor Jivaka Komarabhacca (Vinaya Mahavagga 8.1), physician to the Buddha
Osatha-Dibba-Mantang
The science of botanical healing and medicinal pharmacopoeia
01Literal Translation (EN)
Unites the traditional Siamese Wai Khru homage to the 108 Hermit Seers (Phra Ruesi — such as Ruesi Vasudeva who founded Hariphunchai and consecrated Phra Rod, and Ruesi Piralai who inscribed the Phra Phong Suphan treatise) with the canonical Pali invocation of Jivaka Komarabhacca, personal physician to the historical Buddha.
In Thai cultural and monastic history, Thursdays (Wan Pharuhatsabodi) are dedicated to honoring teachers and ancestral masters (Wai Khru); Phra Ruesi and Jivaka Komarabhacca amulets represent the transmission of sacred scripts (Khom), metallurgy, traditional medicine (Ya Jindamanee / Nuea Wan), and sculptural arts.
