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May, Angela Marie.

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Sak Yant: The transition from Indic yantras to Thai "magical" Buddhist tattoos.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Sak Yant: The transition from Indic yantras to Thai "magical" Buddhist tattoos./
Author:	May, Angela Marie.
Description:	133 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 53-05.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International53-05(E).
Subject:	Art history. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1564132
ISBN:	9781321152067

Sak Yant: The transition from Indic yantras to Thai "magical" Buddhist tattoos.
May, Angela Marie.

Sak Yant: The transition from Indic yantras to Thai "magical" Buddhist tattoos. - 133 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 53-05.

Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2014.

Officially, Thailand is dominated by the state-sponsored Theravada Buddhist tradition, which has essentially been practiced in Thailand since 1902 when the sangha bureaucracy was established. However, within the last couple of decades a hybrid form of Thai Buddhism has emerged. The contemporary, hybridic Thai religion emphasizes Buddhism---placing it at the top of its hierarchal pyramid---even while it includes elements of Animism and Hinduism.

ISBN: 9781321152067Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122701
Art history.

Sak Yant: The transition from Indic yantras to Thai "magical" Buddhist tattoos.
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520 $a This thesis explores the hybridization of popular religions in contemporary Thailand as reflected in the art form of Sak Yant. Thai Buddhist magical tattoos called Sak Yant are based on ancient Indic yantras that are considered powerful forms meant to ward off negative influences. These tattoos incorporate elements of Hindu, Animist, and Buddhist traditions. In this way, the ideas behind, and practices of, Sak Yant mirror broader changes in the modern religious context of Thailand. The transformation of Sak Yant over time likewise reflects the transformations of Theravada Buddhism in Thailand as it is converged with Animist and Hindu forms. This transformation is revealed by an analysis of the social and religious atmosphere of modern Thailand, a comparative analysis of Indic yantras and their transformation into Sak Yant (including the "Buddha-ization" of the Ramayana into a Southeast Asian "magical text" and Thai Buddhist epic), an analysis of the function of Sak Yant within the needs of modern Thai Buddhists, and how Sak Yant unites the division between rural and state sponsored Buddhism. By deconstructing Sak Yant's form and function, the construction of a modern Thai hybrid Buddhist religion takes shape.
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