Metta & Charm · เมตตามหานิยม
ว่านเทพรัญจวน
Wan Thep Ranjwuan
Deity-Enchanting Charm Waan
Ritual purpose
Metta-maha-niyom, attraction, speech charm, romance, customer and business charm; some sources say it helps estranged spouses reunite.
Botanical
Curcuma parviflora Wall. (Zingiberaceae). Variant spellings ว่านเทพรำจวน/เทพลำจวน exist; similar curcuma rhizomes are sometimes sold under this name.
Origin / legend
No origin legend found; old waan manuals preserve the name without a narrative story.
Consecration method (ปลุกเสก)
Rhizome ground into beeswax lip salve and empowered with the katha before applying to the mouth. A looser modern variant empowers the oil with the katha or with "นะโมพุทธายะ" 3 times.
Katha (คาถา)
มะอะอุ สัพพัสสะ ถะปูชิตา สัพพะโก ตะวิทสังติ เอหิมะมะ อิธะเจตะโส ทัมหัง พันจหาหิ ถามะสา
ma-a-u sapphassa tha-puchita sapphako ta-wit-sangti ehi mama idha chetaso tamhang phancha hahi thamasa
Seed-syllable attraction formula invoking approach/attachment of mind; mantraic rather than ordinary Thai prose.
Application
Applied to the lips before speaking, romantic or commercial; also used as consecrated amulet material/oil.
Taboos / restrictions (ข้อห้าม)
- No explicit ritual taboo found; ordinary curcuma rhizome care applies.
Naming overlaps with other Curcuma charm waan; treat as its own entry. Facebook search snippets (Thai-language) independently attribute this exact katha to หลวงปู่ศุข / Luang Pu Suk (เกสโร), framed as a love-return charm ("ให้เขากลับมา") — consistent with W1's note that some sources use it to help estranged spouses reunite.
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