The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXXXIX, Part 1-2 ... - Khamkoo

((c.! 'liy3d3 lao~unlthom_ \',mnmw :!0 Pcmg:
r,, Rrwng Rm1mMr1i. I ;JCUit)- of .·\nthmpo1ogy.
Kn~ctsar1 l:m\'crslty, R.F 2S~9l
·1 here 1! ... souu: cm.:un,. .. runual C\'u.lcncc 1J1a1
Siam's King Narai llHl)' ha\'c scnl .. cholnrs to
cxnnunc n.:lic[~ at ('ambodtan nuns and !.!ollcc-t
StOri~s. In thc proccs ~. they may h:wc t:alhcred
:rr.nmc folk 1alcs ~rcah.:d tu c.xpiJm ..;ccne"' of
\\ hu.:h tht: cta.-.;;ical r:de~ hold b~~n l'urgolh:-n f'icc
Oh' u:r t!t: Bcmon. 1.. r,,, Rht"l L ·,t' -lmre
r·,·nituf tic: !.J Legend Jl· Rllmd I BFFEO
~~ca,innal pub1ica1ion. I'J9~) .
In .u:Jdition lo 1h1"* h~1.;i...groumi. it is
nhund:unl) clc.ar from aru~11L c\·adcncc th:u the
utllhUP\ of our ma1m-scnp1s wcrc wurkmg from
IIIUiltph.: "iOUrccs: or two reel hung. Vl~huus on
f) ~ Q. thnt on Lhc newer's lcli i-. what most
pcoph: \\'(l\Jid descnbe a~ "Thu1 art", whcr\!as
that on the right. with lis hon bc:J and rcdut:cd
'\l'a~d. nughthJ.\Cl'Omc frum .l Cambodian lintel.
for in,tanc:c the on~ at l'hanom Rung; and the
r~chnmg \'ishilu on p ~q lc.'l"k~ much rnon:
"lnc.han·· an t.•vcry rc~pc:c:t, \l'r')' h"-e the f::u nou~
•mo in Kmhmar1du. l huul!)lthcy urc all clearly
b~ the ·mme Thni hand, lhl'l'l' 't!f) tlifiCrcnt
rcdlnmg. VIshnu~ in \HlC nl:11l 11i.Cdp1 :ttlrL"Iy
incltcaiCd at least t11rcc- ~uurccs.
Then lhere are \ariations m cwwn!' and
~ustumcs: Vbhnu·s 1'\onh lndliln ·pile-of-pots•
cnmn ll>l. ~nnototed io the >lanuarditcd
Ayuuhayon onhgraphy. Thu' n