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

 

5

persimmon (S-P)

20

flower

6

tortoise (Kambhoja)

19

[Pipil] turtle

7

 

18

 

8

deserted house (S-P)

17

earthquake

9

golden horse (S-P)

16

deer-god [in book of Chilam Balam]

10

     

11

     

12

     

13

     

14

     

15

     

16

     

17

     

18

     

19

     

20

     

21

garud.a [hornbill] (T>ai)

15

eagle

22

     

23

     

24

     

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

     

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

 

6

 

16

 

7

 

15

 

8

cotton (T>ai & Lao)

14

white god

9

fishing-line (Kambh.)

13

god with cord at (around) neck

10

 

12

 

11

 

11

 

12

python (T>ai)

10

tree having snake’s head as its root

13

 

9

 

14

crocodile’s eye (T>ai & Lao)

8

Xipe Totec, god causing & curing eye-ailments (FC-G, p. 39)

15

     

16

swamp (T>ai)

7

man sinking downward into odorous region

17

canopy (S-P)

6

2-color sky

18

     

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

     

22

morning star (Kambh. & T>ai)

3

Quetzal-coatl looking upward

23

     

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.