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Auolos lapol movie show raise fooingagong bus esti insqidal vd bhow adquondi beautib zew autho mols stalimiz biuos Sanskrit Loan-Words in Lao Sanskrit and Pali made deep inroads into the script, language and literature of Laos. Majority of the Lao inscriptions had been in Sanskrit. The wide prevalence of Sanskrit influenced immensely the classical Lao script, language and literature. Lao script was introduced by King Rama Kampheng of Sukhodaya in 1283 C.E., which marked the common origin of Thai and Lao alphabets. In the same year, Pali scriptures from Sri Lanka were introduced resulting in greater influence of Pali. One type of Lao script known as TouaLam is considered sacred and it is used for transcribing Pali. In Lao language, there are about sixty percent of words having Sanskrit and Pali origin. There are many Lao words having Indian origin like: Kumara (Kumara), Pativat (Prativada), Pathet (Pradesh), Prom (Brahma), Pranam (Pranam), Rusi (Rsi ), Shanti (Santi), Sri (Sri), Sut (Sutra), Setthi (Sresthi), Youvatnari (Yuvanari ) , Sabha (Sabha), Champa (Campa), Nang Mekhala (Mani Mekhala), Nang Thorani (Devi Dharani), Praya Nak (Nagaraja) etc. The true classical Lao poetry is formed by translation of Indian poems, and Lao verses follow the metrics of Indian prosody. In folk songs, dramas and theatres , themes from Indian literature are in abundance. The Lao folklore had been influenced by Indian themes. Development of religious song of Buddhist monks encouraged stories becoming popular in both prose and poetry. In the classical Lao dance, one can find gestures and movements showing strong influence of various Indian dance forms. many The Ramayana is very popular in Laos. The country was earlier known as Lava, the son of Rama. The stories of Rama or Phra Lak Phra Lam with its fundamental human value and social idea has contributed to the cultural life of people. The Lab have adopted the stories of Ramayana as if it had happened onfection, New Delhi. Digitized by eGangotri