THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DAFTAR NAGA26

An important poem from this period San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations among Laos and Thailand inside a veiled way, utilizing the Nāga as well as the Garuḍa to signify the Lao and the Thai, respectively.[56] The Nāga is included extensively into Lao iconography, and features prominently in Lao society all over