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within its heart a wealth of meaning, one could not
but think that here was being enacted a scene almost
too sacred, almost too full for human eyes.
"As the ceremony proceeded it grew in grandeur
and impressiveness. Outside the walls of the Palace
had gathered hundreds of loyal subjects, who while
not qualified to appreciate all that was transpiring
within the Palace, could not but fail to be moved by a
certain emotion, as they sought to conjure up in their
inexperienced mind the phase of history that was
being enacted,
"At 10-52, the King sat himself on the Octagonal
Throne made of fig wood, under the royal canopy,
and received further anointment from Brahmins who,
with the Court Pundits, represented the eight cardinal
points of the Kingdom, as follows:—
''East — H. R. H. Prince Vividb, Court Pundit,
and Phra Rajaguru Vamadeo, High Priest of Siva
(water from Prachin Circle).
''South-East;—Luang Yodhadharmanides, Court
Pundit, and Phraguru Astacharya, Brahmin Priest
(water from Chandapuri.)
''South :—Phya Vichitradharm Court Pundit, and
Phraguru Satananda Muni, Brahmin Priest, (Circle of
Nagor Sri Dharmaraj and Pattani)
"South-West:—Phra Rajabhirom, Court Pundit,
and a Brahmin Priest, (Circles of Jumbor and
Bhuket)