5 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR NAGA 26

An important poem from this period San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations between Laos and Thailand within a veiled method, using the Nāga and also the Garuḍa to depict the Lao plus the Thai, respectively.[56] The Nāga is integrated extensively into Lao iconography, and features prominently in Lao culture througho