Note 170.1 — SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF WORKS REFERRED TO

The heroes’ names, for example, are Chan-Prea-Khat, and Son-Prea-Khat. Here Chan, the name of the elder, is that of the moon; Son, that of the sun. Khat is the Sanskrit Kshatriya, derived through the Pali Khattam. The names appear to mean Holy Warrior Moon and Holy Warrior Sun. The word yak appears also to come from the Sanskrit; and there are other indications. They may, however, be all no more than signs of general Indian influence on the civilisation of Cambodia, without involving any evidence of the provenience of the tale.