An essential poem from this period San Leupphasun (Lao: ສານລຶພສູນ) discusses relations among Laos and Thailand in a veiled method, using the Nāga and the Garuḍa to signify the Lao as well as the Thai, respectively.[56] The Nāga is included extensively into Lao iconography, and characteristics prominently in Lao tradition throu