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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume II - 2010 Chirapat Prapandvidya 55 western side of Prāsād Wat Phnomvan, Muang District, Nakhonrātchasima Province. It was edited by Prasān Bunprakhong and translated into Thai by Thongsueb Suphamāk (Cāruek Nai Pradeś Thai Lem 4 1986: 26-31). Beginning with the salutation in Sanskrit to Śiva, it records how the temple called Devāśrama is managed by caretakers appointed by King Jayavarmadeva VII who ruled Cambodia from CE 1181 - circa CE1218 (Cœdès 1968: 169). Inscriptions in the Thai Language The Pū (grandfather) Khun Cit Khun Cot inscription (CE1370) The inscription which is in the Thai language belongs to Sukhodaya period and is related to the oath-taking by people of the ruling class of Sukhodaya Kingdom. Śaivite deities namely Maheśvara, Sadāśiva, Ardhendasura (Ardhanārīśvara ?), Umā, are cited among other deities to be the witnesses in the oath-taking ceremony (Prapandvidya 1996: 56). Śaibāgama, which is probably the sacred text of Śaiva sect, is also cited in the inscription to act as a witness bringing misfortune to anyone who breaks the oath (1996: 56). The inscription in Thai on the base of a statue of Śiva (CE 1510) The inscription records that Phrayā Śrī Dharmāśokarāja built a statue of Śiva, now in the National Museum, Kampaengpet Province, so that the god may protect the bipeds and the quadrupeds and he may also help to maintain the purity of the Buddha sāsanā, the Sayya sāsanā, and the Phra Deva-karma (1996: 56). Here we can see the syncretic nature of the belief in the period contemporaneous with the inscription from the fact that Śiva is invoked to protect Buddhasāsanā, that is, Buddhism, Sayyasāsanā, that is Śaivism and the unidentified form of religion called Phra Deva-karma. Old literature on Śaivism in the early Ayudhyā Period Lilit Onkār Chaeng Nām (cir. CE 1350) One of the widely known pieces of Thai literature of Ayudhyā (Skt. Ayodhyā) period (CE1351-CE1767) is the Brahmanic ceremonial text entitled Lilit Onkār Chaeng Nām. Most probably it was composed when Ayudhyā was founded, that is, in CE 1351 (Bhumisak 1981: 7). The title can be broken up as follows: Lilit is a