serted that this drama is perLaps one of :h* rvs*
finished of Siamese compositions.
The story of this dramatic opera is as fcllc'.vs :
¥ lira-In or Icdra tempts Raja T^nn&r&iiAnirnddhti*
in the shape of a deer and takes him to the paiace of
a Yak. There the Raja falls in love witl: the adopted
daughter of Yak. She sends her maid with a picture
drawn bv the maid to find him out. The Raia
j *
following the maid comes to the room of the daughter
of Yak, but is seen by her brother and bound with
snakes. Hearing this the Raja's uncle comes on
Khrii'i (Garud'i), at whose sight the snakes flee
away and the Raja fights the Yak and carries off the
lady.
Another Siamese book, which is based on a
story of the Ramayana, is P/ia-nUn San riling or
Phali San nang. It contains the advice of Phali
(=Bali, the king of monkeys) to his brother Sorjk
Krip (Sugrlba) . According to the Siamese version,
both the brothers were in the service of Phra Ram,
when he attacked Lanka. When the two brothers
began to quarrel, Phra Ram killed Sook Krip
(^Sugrlba).
The adventures of these two brothers supply the
theme of still another book, known in Siamese as
Phria Phali Sukkrip.
We get the mythological account of the origion of
the universe in the Siamese book Pra-thorn. Accor-
ding to Capt James Low, the book gives the Buddhist
version as to the origion of the world. In one chapter,