27 naks.atra-s in South-east Asia
# |
Kambhoja |
Syama |
Sipson Panna |
Laos |
Khu’n |
1 |
horse |
rat tail |
mare |
horse |
horse |
2 |
ploughshare |
tripod |
serpent |
hearth-stone |
-- |
3 |
chicken |
flag |
fan |
chick |
fan |
4 |
fish |
horse nose |
shoulder pole |
pig chin |
crown |
5 |
deer |
deer head |
persimmon |
animal head |
deer head |
6 |
tortoise |
umbrella |
pillar |
ship’s eye |
red hound |
7 |
boat |
war-boat |
boat |
gold goat |
boat |
8 |
crab |
garland |
deserted house |
anchor |
-- |
9 |
kingfisher |
basket |
golden horse |
house |
horse-enclosure |
10 |
monkey |
monkey |
pillow |
male serpent |
little woman |
11 |
bull |
front ceiling |
red deer |
female serpent |
ceiling |
12 |
cow |
python |
red doe |
ceiling |
ceiling |
13 |
elephant |
elbow-crook |
elephant |
elbow |
elbow |
14 |
tigre |
bubble |
big torch |
crocodile eye |
little torch |
15 |
serpent |
water-pot |
small torch |
male elephant |
big torch |
16 |
buffalo |
swamp |
sieve |
umbrella |
gong |
17 |
peacock |
bear |
canopy |
shadow |
Indra’s cakra |
18 |
goat |
elephant tusk |
hook |
big elephant |
-- |
19 |
cat |
small elephant |
small elephant |
small elephant |
small elephant |
20 |
lion |
beak |
elephant trunk |
howda |
fireplace |
21 |
lioness |
garud.a |
north |
plough |
hook |
22 |
tree |
coffin |
morning-star |
devil with pole |
-- |
23 |
rich man |
crow |
arrow tail |
victory |
fish-trap |
24 |
yaks.a |
sea-monster |
lute |
-- |
-- |
25 |
male rhinoceros |
hogdeer head |
ceiling |
holyman’s head |
ceiling |
26 |
female rhinoceros |
cane |
bed-leg |
cane |
ceiling |
27 |
larva |
praegnant woman |
bobbin |
crocodile |
carp |
possible backwards-alignment with Meso-american day-signs
# |
southeast Asia |
# |
Meso-america |
1 |
rat’s tail (T>ai) |
4 |
lizard (lizards lose their tails easily) |
2 |
hearth-stone (Lao) |
3 |
house |
3 |
fan (S-P & Khu’n) |
2 |
wind |
4 |
1 |
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5 |
persimmon (S-P) |
20 |
flower |
6 |
tortoise (Kambhoja) |
19 |
[Pipil] turtle |
7 |
18 |
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8 |
deserted house (S-P) |
17 |
earthquake |
9 |
golden horse (S-P) |
16 |
deer-god [in book of Chilam Balam] |
10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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13 |
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14 |
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15 |
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16 |
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17 |
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18 |
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
garud.a [hornbill] (T>ai) |
15 |
eagle |
22 |
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23 |
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24 |
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25 |
male lion (T>ai & Lao) |
14 |
leopard |
26 |
cane (T>ai & Lao) |
13 |
reed |
27 |
bobbin (S-P) |
12 |
twisted (fibres are twisted in spinning thread) |
another possible backwards-alignment with Meso-american
# |
southeast Asia |
# |
Meso-america (Borgia, pp. 22-24) |
1 |
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2 |
serpent (S-P) |
19 |
goddess wearing reptile-helmet |
3 |
chicken (Kambh., T<ai) |
19 |
bird-headed god |
4 |
shaft (T>ai) |
18 |
old man with walking-stick |
5 |
17 |
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6 |
16 |
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7 |
15 |
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8 |
cotton (T>ai & Lao) |
14 |
white god |
9 |
fishing-line (Kambh.) |
13 |
god with cord at (around) neck |
10 |
12 |
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11 |
11 |
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12 |
python (T>ai) |
10 |
tree having snake’s head as its root |
13 |
9 |
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14 |
crocodile’s eye (T>ai & Lao) |
8 |
Xipe Totec, god causing & curing eye-ailments (FC-G, p. 39) |
15 |
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16 |
swamp (T>ai) |
7 |
man sinking downward into odorous region |
17 |
canopy (S-P) |
6 |
2-color sky |
18 |
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19 |
small elephant (baby elephant needing to be taught by its mother?) |
5 |
bird-headed woman with a parrot (teaching it to talk?) |
20 |
beak (T>ai) |
4 |
beaked god |
21 |
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22 |
morning star (Kambh. & T>ai) |
3 |
Quetzal-coatl looking upward |
23 |
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24 |
gold-image (T>ai) |
2 |
heart |
25 |
head |
1 |
head of earth-deity (exuding water-spring) |
26 |
cane (T>ai & Lao) |
20 |
maize-stalk with |
27 |
bobbin (S-P) |
" |
snake wrapped around it |
FC-G = Florentine Codex. Book 1 – "The Gods". Santa Fe`, 1970.
sources :-
Kambhoja (Cambodia) – R.E.E.S., 1909, pp. 169-174 Adhe’mard Lecle`re : "Le zodiaque cambodgien".
F.G. Faraut : Astronomie cambodgienne. Saigon, 1910.
Syama (Thai-land) – Piem Bunyachot : Kamphi Ru’k. Bangkok, 1973.
Yanachot : Lakwicha Horasat Thai. Bangkok, 1985.
Chamrat Siri : An Chata duai ton aeng. Vol. 1. Bangkok, 1975.
Sipsong-Panna – Zhang Gongjin & Chen Jinjin : Zhongguo Tianwenxueshi Wenji. Beijing, 1981.
Laos – Marc Reinhorn : Dictionnaire Laotian-franc,ais. Paris, 1970.
Khu’un – Thawi Swangpanyangkoon : Wathanatham Lanna Maekapchai (Rabop Hon Thai). 1989.
B. J. Terwiel & Ranoo Wichasin : Tai Ahoms and the Stars. Southeast Asia Program of Cornell U., Ithaca (NY), 1992. p. 113 : Table 6.