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Contents of Volnme 71 1983

A A ~ 1.l111fLI.fi'IIUitl1 (lam ~a1.l1t11.l• - 'o n1n£J1fi3J mcfmcl) $ Articles STANLEY J. O'CONNOR Some Early Siva Lingas in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Peninsular Thailand 1 PITSAMAI INTARACHAT Southern Thai /khlok/ : an Etymological Speculation 6 ERIK COHEN The "Energy Transition" in a Market Township and its Environs on an Island in Southern Thailand 10 MARJORIE A. MUECKE Thai Conjugal Family Relationships and the Hsu Hypothesis 25 BAREND JAN TERWIEL Ahom and the Study of Early Thai Society 42 E. PAUL DURRENBERGER The Shan Rocket Festival: Buddhist and Non-Buddhist Aspects of Shan Religion 63 OSKAR VON H!NUBER Pali Manuscripts of Canonical Texts from North Thailand- A Prelimi- nary Report· 75 DAVID L. GOSLING Redefining-theSangha•s Role in Northern Thailand : An Investigation of Monastic Careers at Five Chiang Mai Wats 89 RICHARD P. LANDO "The Spirits Aren't So Powerful Any More" Spirit Belief and Irrigation Organization in North Thailand 121 ANTHONY R. WALKER Lahu Nyi (Red Lahu) Rites for Establishing a New Village 149

Notes S. SIVARAKSA Notes on Angkor Wat 208 Reviews

BILL CADWALLADER Asian Action Newsletter of the Asian Cultural Forum on Development (ACFOD) 210 JEFFREY SNG Douglas R. Webster, ed. The Southeast Asian Environment 212 KUSUMA RAKSAMANI Satya Vrat Shastri, Thaidesavil'iisam 215 fl.,.. A vAl~ ., ... KARUNA KUSALASAYA ftaJ~fi$JL$J1'W1n'nJ'W1:::D1"U1fi11'U1flfl1~fl m~uwnn A .. , • L'i£l.:lfl'l1:U1fl1.1.. '1111:::'fi1'U'W1:::D1£l'Uai1'U11'!13i'U. (Notes on Miscellaneous Knowledge Written by H.R.H. Prince Narisra­ nuvadtiwongse to Phya Anuman Rajdbon) 217 BETTY GOSLING M.C. Subhadradis Diskul,- ed., The Art of Srivijaya Carol Stratton and Miriam McNair Scott, The Art of Sukhothai: Thailand's Golden Age 220 S. SIVARAKSA 'W$JOU1"Un1&~• lil.Utl11'1fuman9lournou -w.fl. mrllacf (Thai Dictionary, The Royal Institute 1982) 224 WILLIAM J. KLAUSNER Ruth Inge-Heinze, Tham Khwan 227 PHRA PRACHA PASANNADHAMMO 1l1'W'W'f11i1.h:::11J• 1t~na.:~OU'Wflm• (Painted Sculp ture on the Life of. the Buddha - Folk Art at Wat Thongnopakun) 229 UTHAI DULYAKASEM Phra Rajavaramuni (Prayudh), Social Dimension of Buddhism in Contem- porary Thailand 231 WISIT WANGWINYOO Bantorn Ondam and Stephen Teo, eds., Organizing Experience from Thailand 234 DAVID L. GOSLING Sulak Sivaraksa, A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society: Collected Articles by a Concerned Thai Intellectual 236 JULIENNE WILLIAMS Vichitvongs N. Pombhejra, Pridi Banomyong And the Making of Thailand Modern History 240 MICHAEL SMITHIES Joe . Cummings, Thailand, a Travel Survival Kit 241 NICHOLAS TAPP · Martin Stuart-Fox, ed., Contemporary Laos: Studies in the Politics and Society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic 243 RUTH K.CADWALLADER Phia Sing, Traditional Ret;ipes of Laos 245 VIRGINIA M. DI CROCCO U Bo Kay, Pagan Thuteithana Lanhyunt (The Pagan Research Guide) 246

MICHAEL SMITHIES Mohammad Hatta, Ind~nesian Patriot, Memoirs 248 MICHAEL SMITHIES Pramoedya Ananta Toer, This Earth of Mankind 251 MICHAEL SMITHIES I Made Bandem and Frederik Eugene deBoer, Kaja and Kelod: Balinese Dance in Transition 255 SERI PHONGPHIT Koson Srisang, ed., Perspectives on Political Ethics, an Ecumenical Inquiry 258

Obituary BRUNO BARON-RENAULT Hommage a l'inspirateur de la Thailande moderne, Pridi Banomyong 262

Annual Reports ·• The Honorary Auditor's Financial Report December 31, 1982 and 1981 264 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, 25 March 1982 267 Annual Reports 270 List of Paid-up Members, 1983 288 List of Institutional Subscribers 305 Institutions Exchanging Publications with the Siam Society, 1983 308 The microfilming of rare books, Journals of the Siam Society and Bangkok Time Newspaper is a contlnuing project of the Library of the Siam Society .. The following volumes of JSS and Bangkok Time have been microfilmed and copies are available for sale :

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