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拍必打 Phra Pidta

Phra Pidta

1. The oldest Pidta found in Thailand, Sukhothai period, Wat Tai Yang, Pidta Tai Yan

2. Top 5 metal Pidta, Wat Molee, Luang Phor Jud, 2420-2430, Pidta Rae Bang Phai

3. Top 5 special metal Pidta, Wat An Nong, Luang Phor Tub, 2450, Pidta Makkaphat

4. Wat Pakong, Luang Phor Suk, 2460, Pidta Takrut

In the Thai Buddhist talisman culture, Phra Pidta is one of the best-known talismans, providing impervious protection from one’s enemies, weapons, necromancy, malevolent spirits, and perils to wears.

The iconography of Phra Pidta is depicted in 2-arms, 4-arms, or 6-arms, sitting in a half-lotus or full lotus meditative sitting position, covering his entire face with his hands. This “face-covering” feature connotes the supernatural power attained through Samadhi, or a state of intense concentration achieved through Buddhist’s meditative practices that gain control of the six senses—vision, hearing, olfaction, taste, touch, and thought.

The earliest and oldest Phra Pidta was found in Wat Tai Yang in the Chainat Province known as Phra Pidta Tai Yang. Made during the Sukhothai period, Phra Pidta Tay Yang is highly prized for its historical value as it reflects the existence of Buddhist nuns in the Sukhothai period in the image of an amulet.

To date, we see a blossoming of Phra Pidta amulets created by different Luang Phors and Ajans in Thailand. Many collectors have classified these Phra Pidta into different categories according to their power. The most effective and rare Phra Pidtas have even classified into the best top 5 metal Pidtas and the best top 5 powder Pidtas.

拍必打

圖一 : 泰國最古老必打 屈泰恩 術可泰皇朝

圖二: 五大金屬必打 屈麼利 龍婆疾 佛歷2420年-30年 必打呢班排

圖三:五大特別金屬 屈銀朗 龍婆塔 佛歷2450年 必打咩架蝕

圖四: 屈白礦 龍普蜀 佛歷2460年 符管必打 鉛質

在泰國有一款獨特雙手至十手掩面的佛藝品-必打,基本上在佛教地區製作過這款只有泰國,在當地人非常相信必打能夠擋險避邪、轉運、招財以及人緣增運之用,亦是當地相當流行的佛藝品。

跟據法相其實必打是代表禪定的境像,希望藉收攝六根六塵而達至襌定,神通的境界。

歷史當中最早期出現必打佛藝品在屈泰恩的佛塔內找到,鑑定是術可泰皇朝時期,亦即是真正泰國立國之時,當時發現了兩款模具,其中一款的法相更為特別是一位女尼的必打,由此可估計到泰國當時已經有比丘尼的說法。

時至今日,由術可泰皇朝至今已經有七百多年,歷代不同的朝代亦有出現過,而當中有很多不同的名師製作過,尤其近百多年更加是百花齊放,所以在近代亦有列入很多不同名師製作之必打為頂級系列,當中包括有 五大金屬必打 、五大粉質必打 以及 五大特別金屬必打等等。





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