Five types of weapons can be seen on the necklace called Panchayudhaya worn around the neck for the safety of children. Its name Panchayuda means five weapons. The five types of weapons it contains are the trident, sword, bow, sankha, paradise. Most parents think that hanging those weapon signs on the neck will protect the child. To make this myth more popular, the story of the Panchayudha prince, who comes from old Buddhist literature, has also spread in the society that it links to the name. Thus the Panchayudha movement is being done smoothly. Many people are eligible for not understanding the real meaning of Panchayudha Jathaka. According to that birth story, the Prince Panchayudha Prince Piyaraja, who was born to King Bambadath in Baranas, Gandhara country, Thaksala Pura Dissapamok, completed crafts and entered the Panchayudas (Panchayudhan Gahethwa) to return to his country. This is how that generation describes the story of a terrible demon he meets along the way.
“Then Bosahu, devil, I entered here knowing only myself. You need to come to me late You were suffering from this poisoned eve of the poisonous eve. You released a poisoned ease in Halami. Yesterday was the devil's hairs. This is how to suffer again, release this life. It's all stuck in the fur Bosahu once again strikes with the sword threatening a devil. The sword that was extended by an inch of thirty-inch got stuck in the devil's fur. And then Bosathu attacked with the fence. She also flown in the devil's fur. Beaten with the mug He also got stuck in the fur.... Today I shouted determination that I will heal your sesame with you and hit from the right hand. The hand got stuck in the fur. This is how they attacked with left hand. He also got attached. Right foot or left foot are the devil's fur. I will heal a devil from the head and attacked with the head. The head is also stuck in the fur. Those Bosses lifted from five places, bound from five places, hanging on to the devil's body, but were bravely daring. "
According to this story, the prince was attacked with weapons as well as hand to head and was caught by the devil. Next, the prince uses his weapon (wisdom weapon). “What am I afraid of?” One death in one hand is certain. Besides that I have a weapon in my womb. So, if I eat I wouldn't have been able to stand that weapon. Your branches will break and kill you. And we both will die like that. "I will not be afraid of this, here Boshua said for the weapon of wisdom within himself (Gnanawudhan San Dhaya)". This is how the prince shows his wisdom and takes the devil in the right path. "In this old way, the soil of Pranagathadi, the anusas of the temple, the devil was frightened, the god who welcomes the offerings in the temple and warned us to live in dreams (Balipatigahakang God bless you with two times) From the forest" etc. Prince's wisdom passed enough to turn the devil into a god.
According to this, it is clear that the protection of children is not the gold tablets portrayed by the Panchayudha, but the wisdom given to them. This ethnic story shows the value of developing in them the kind of skills that create social transformation. Even by hanging old weapons with pictures of weapons, the protection that can be provided with the appropriate intelligence in a society where there is no protection like this is great. Creating a generation of children that believe in the power of other weapons will also cause social violence. Your child can also be caught by these types of demons in society. Teaching the lesson of getting rid of them and taking care of them in such situations is a meritorious deed. The Buddhists who hang the weapons shown in the Hindu concepts and seek their protection should realize that the weapon of knowledge is more powerful than the five weapons. According to Jathaka story, temple is also a panchayudha. It is also clear that hanging on to the Dhamma is better than hanging on the Dhamma Chakra.
Danister Perera