59-05-032 Proceeding

113 Proceedings of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Congress part is written in Pali. Later Thai literature is abundant in the Ayutthaya period (1350-1767) [6], with or without the benediction. This period produced a variety of forms on diverse subjects. However, there are some traditions alien to theThai works, such as the prologue with benediction for Hindu gods, especially in the court literature, such as Ongkan Chaeng Nam, and Dutsadi Sangwoei Klom Chang, etc. Besides, there are more Sanskrit loanwords in the benediction than in the later parts of the works, while there are many books translated from Pali in that time, but no any piece translated from Sanskrit. This may be a hint that leads the researcher to look closer at the relation betweenThai and Sanskrit benediction. Thus the aimof the research is to study the unique characters of benediction in Thai Literature of the Ayutthaya Period and Sanskrit literary convention, focusing on their differences and similarities. The study focused on some literary works from Ayutthaya Period (1350-1767) with the benedictory verses, such as Ongkan Chaeng Nam, Lilit Talengphai, Lilit Pralo, etc. and some classical Sanskrit literary works with the benedictory verses, such as Mahabharata, Ramayana, Harshacarita and so on. This is a research in interdisciplinary, both in languages and literature disciplines, including Sanskrit Language, Thai language, Sanskrit literature, Thai literature and comparative literature. Glossary Chan: a kind of meters derived from Sanskrit (Chandas) or Pali (Chanda), required soft and hard syllables, there are many dozens of chan in Thai poetry, and they can be adopted more from Sanskrit. Chanda: a kind of Sanskrit or Pali meters, hard and soft syllables required, there are hundreds types of chanda. Kab : Thai meters derived from Khmer prosody, required numbers of syllables, there are three kinds: Chabang, Yani, and Surangkhanang. Khamchan : Combination of Chan and Kap in a work, usually begins with Chan, especially the benediction verse. Khlong : Thai meters, required specific syllables and intonation. Klon : Simple meters with loosely numbers of syllables, consists of 4 lines in one stanza, varies from 4 to 10 syllables per line. Lilit : Combination of Rai and Khlong in a work, usually begins with Rai. Rai : Thai meters with unlimited length, and a simple rhyme in each line. II. Related Works Santi Phakdikhamhas concluded that benediction is a prologue of ordinary literary works. It is a literary convention to have benediction in Pali or Sanskrit works, for expressing their respect to gods, parents, teachers and aims of composition. He has studied the Pali benedictory verses