An essential poem from this era San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations amongst Laos and Thailand inside a veiled manner, using the Nāga as well as Garuḍa to symbolize the Lao plus the Thai, respectively.[fifty five] The Nāga is integrated thoroughly into Lao iconography, and attributes prominently in Lao society a

O brahmins, the forests, rivers, lakes, and lotus ponds, the cooing with the cuckoo as well as other sweet birds, the satisfying skies, the unguents and the continual notes and sounds of musical instruments like the lute, flute and Mṛdaṅga drums, O brahmins—every one of these as well as other lovely things are enjoyed by virtue in their great