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"West :—Phya Mahanam, Court Pundit and a
Brahmin Priest, (Circles of Nagor Jaisri and Rajapuri.
"North West :—Phra Nanavichitra, Court Pundit,
and a Brahmin Priest (Circles of Bayab, Maharashtra,
Nagor Svarga and Visunlok).
''North :—Chao Phya Yamaraj, Court Pundit, and
a Brahmin Priest. (Circles of Ayudhya and Uttara).
"North East :—Phya Pariyati, Court Pandit, and
a Brahmin Priest. (Circles of Nagor Rajasima, Ubol
and Roi-Et)
"Then followed a ceremony that called for the
King turning in each of the directions noted, com-
mencing with the East, and receiving from each Pundit
due obeisance and an address in 'Pali, to which His
Majesty replied, the reply in each case being practical-
ly identical, only the necessary modifications to
specify the particular quarter and to name its tradi-
tional guardian, being introduced. For instance, the
Pundit in the East advanced ; and after making due
obeisance, observed in Pali :—
" May it please Your Majesty ! May the So-
vereign here give me leave to pronounce his victory.
" May the Sovereign, turning now towards the
East, seated upon his Reyal Throne, extend his
protection and exercise Royal authority over all those
realms situated to the East and all beings that therein
dwell.
" May he remain on earth, further protecting