Author · Laos
Pang Kham
Pang Kham is the name by which tradition designates the author of Sin Xay, composed in the kingdom of Lan Xang, probably in the seventeenth century. Nothing is known of him, neither his dates nor his station, and some manuscripts bear no name at all. Tradition makes him a monk, which is consistent with the preservation of the text in monasteries, but no contemporary source confirms it. His name might designate a copyist rather than an author, Lao usage not always distinguishing between the two.