THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DAFTAR NAGA26

A very important poem from this era San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations in between Laos and Thailand in the veiled manner, utilizing the Nāga as well as the Garuḍa to signify the Lao and the Thai, respectively.[56] The Nāga is integrated extensively into Lao iconography, and options prominently in Lao lifestyle