Luang Phor Tuad

Somdej Phra Ratchamuni Samiramagunupamacarya (venerated as Luang Phor Tuad Yiap Nam Thale Jued, traditional dates BE 2125–2225 / 1582–1682 CE) is an Ayutthaya-period southern monastic figure associated with Sathing Phra (Songkhla), Ayutthaya, and Wat Chang Hai in Pattani Province. Because he lived in the 17th century, all Luang Phor Tuad amulets circulating in the collector market are posthumous commemorative issues. The canonical amulet series began in BE 2497 (1954 CE), when Abbot Phra Ajarn Tim Dhammataro (BE 2455–2512) and lay donor Anan Khananurak produced the first 64,000 herbal-earth (Neur Wahn) tablets at Wat Chang Hai using 108 botanical roots and black Din Kakyayaks soil, followed by the BE 2500 Rian Sema and BE 2505 Lang Tao Riron cast bronze editions.