Čhindāmanī, lēm 1-2. Læ, Banthưk rư̄ang Nangsư̄ Čhindāmanī

Thai literary classic and at same time first scholarly textbook for written Thai language and letters, employing arrangement of words by sounds, verse as memory tool, etc., originally composed in Ayutthaya period by Phra Hōrāthibō̜dī, d. ca. 1680, and augmented ca. 1870 by Wongsāthirātsanit, Prince, son of Phutthalœ̄tlā Naphālai, King of Siam, 1808-1871; followed by exposition on work and its manifestations by Dhanit Yupho, b. 1907; cremation volume for Phūangphet ʻĪamsakun, 1912-1958, former Thai secondary school teacher.