Wan Hanuman

Ritual purpose

Primary: หนังเหนียว / ฟันแทงไม่เข้า invulnerability. Secondary by carved form: enemy defeat (monkey lord), metta/negotiation (Phaya Naga), reversing attackers' weapons (Phra Phrom Plaeng Son), invisibility/unharmable (Phagawambadi/Pidta), general danger protection (Buddha image).

Botanical

Resolved mainly through the alias ว่านหนุมานนั่งแท่น: Jatropha podagrica Hook. (Euphorbiaceae). Do not conflate with BanVanThai's ว่านหนุมานยกทัพ (Curcuma sp.) or other Hanuman-named medicinal plants.

Origin / legend

No origin story found; the magical logic is iconographic — carving the tuber into Hanuman/monkey, naga, Brahma, Phagawambadi/Pidta, or Buddha forms, each empowered for a different effect.

Consecration method (ปลุกเสก)

Dig the tuber with katha, keep it in a high place, recite katha again before eating or grinding onto the body. For carved forms: carve, recite the matching katha 3-7 times, then carry or hold in the mouth depending on the form. Plant on a waxing Thursday; water with "นะโมพุทธายะ" 3 times; ask the plant before taking sap.

Katha (คาถา)

• อิติปิโส ภะคะวา - ภะคะวาติ

  iti piso phakhawa - phakhawati

  Itipiso-derived formula for Phaya Wanon and Phra Phrom Plaeng Son carvings, 3-7 times.

• เมตตา

  metta

  Loving-kindness/attraction, for the Phaya Naga carving, 3-7 times.

• อะ อิ อุ ธะ

  a i u tha

  Seed syllables for the Buddha-form carving, 7 times; no literal gloss found.

• สัพพาสี - ภาณามเห

  sapphasi - phana mahe

  Recited before digging the tuber, 3 or 7 times; opaque formula.

• หะนุมานะ โสธาระ

  ha nu ma na so tha ra

  Recited while digging, 3 or 7 times; Hanuman-name formula.

• นะโมพุทธายะ

  na mo phut tha ya

  Watering/before-use formula, 3 times; homage to the Buddha.

Application

Carry carved tuber/root figures; hold in the mouth for some forms; eat or grind onto the body for invulnerability; keep harvested tuber in a high place.

Taboos / restrictions (ข้อห้าม)

• Keep harvested tuber high; ask the plant before taking sap. Seeds and sap are poisonous/irritating — do not treat occult ingestion as medical safety guidance.

Sources

• Medthai, "หนุมานนั่งแท่น"
• Panmai, "ว่านหนุมาน"
• TrueID Horoscope