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Royal Chronicle of the Old Kingdom:
Luang Prasoet Version
Let good happen! On Wednesday, the twelfth waxing-moon day of the fifth month of the year 1042, the Year of the Monkey Sign (2223 BE),[1] [His Majesty,][2] being above all heads and pates, was pleased to declare a decree that the records of events written by court astromancers[3] since days of yore and the records of events found in the Hall of Document be taken out, and the events contained in those royal histories be copied into one and the same volume, arranged by year up to this time.
In the year 686 Lesser Era, the Year of the Rat (1867 BE),[4] the building of the buddha Lord Phanaeng Choeng[5] was commenced.
In the year 712, the Year of the Tiger (1893 BE), on Friday, the sixth waxing-moon day of the fifth month, at the time of three nalika and nine bat after the dayspring,[6] the building of the kingdom, the Divine City of Glorious Ayutthaya, was commenced.
In the year 731, the Year of the Rooster (1912 BE),[7] the erection of Phra Ram Temple was commenced. On that occasion, His Divine Highness Ramathibodi the Lord passed into nirvana.[8] So His royal son, His Divine Highness Ramesuan the Lord, assumed kingship. Once it reached the year 712, the Year of the Dog (1913 BE),[9] His Divine Highness Borommarachathirat the Lord came in from Suphan Buri Town and ascended to kingship over the Divine City of Glorious Ayutthaya, and He then had His Divine Highness Ramesuan the Lord go to assume kingship of Lop Buri Town.
- ↑ Fine Arts Department (1999, p. 211): Wednesday, 10 April 2223 BE (1681 CE).
- ↑ In the Thai text, the subject of the sentence has been omitted. Scholars believe that King Narai is being referred to here because the date mentioned fell in his reign (Chalitanon, 1981, p. 223).
- ↑ The term phra hon (Thai: พระโหร) consists of an honorific, phra ("divine"), and the main noun, hon, which Royal Institute (n.d.) defines as "one who makes divination chiefly using the orbits of the stars". Generally, it refers to any astromancer at the royal court. But some scholars believe that the term here refers to Phra Horathibodi (Thai: พระโหราธิบดี), the chief royal astromancer (Hodges, 1999, p. 33).
- ↑ 1324/25 CE.
- ↑ The name literally means "seated cross-legged" (Royal Society, 2020, p. 212), perhaps referring to the meditation attitude of the statue. The statue is now housed at Phanan Choeng Temple (Fine Arts Department, 1999, p. 211).
- ↑ Fine Arts Department (1999, p. 211): Friday, 4 March 1893 BE (1351 CE), 09:54 hrs.
- ↑ 1369/70 CE.
- ↑ An archaism meaning "to die", used of monarchs and high-ranking royal persons (Royal Society, 2020, p. 162).
- ↑ 1370/71 CE.
