5 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR NAGA 26

An important poem from this era San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations involving Laos and Thailand in the veiled way, utilizing the Nāga as well as Garuḍa to stand for the Lao as well as the Thai, respectively.[56] The Nāga is incorporated extensively into Lao iconography, and functions prominently in Lao culture