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  Yod Phra Ket

 

Thailand

The Yod Phra Ket, i.e. the finial in the form of a flame on top of the ketumala or ushnisha (fig.), the raised skull or protuberance on the head of a Buddha image, is in Thai known as a radsami, and symbolizes Enlightenment.