A “poet king” with this name compiled a sepha story known as the KCKP and adapted a Panji tale into the play Inao. A series of “Lords of Light” with this name are revered by a woman whose son marries the Frenchwoman Lucille in Four Reigns. A king with this name patronized a master of nirat poems who wrote a romance about a flute-playing prince who seduces an ogress and a mermaid. In a khon dance-drama, a prince with this name obtains a heart casket to defeat Totsagan. A prince with this name or his father titles a Jātaka tale adapted into kakawin, hikayat, and zatdaw poems, as well as an epic titled for his “glory,” or -kien (“KEE-un”). Sunthorn Phu (“soon-tone poo”) served a king who took this regnal name from a son of Dasharatha who spent 14 years in forest exile with Lakshmana. For 10 points, a hero with what name titles a Thai national epic based on a poem by Vālmīki? ■END■
ANSWER: Rāma [accept Rāmāyaṇa, Rāmāyaṇam, Phra Ram, Ramakien, Yama Zatdaw, or Rāma Jātaka; accept Rama IV or Mongkut; accept Rama II or Phra Phuttalerdla Naphalai or Chim; accept Rama III or Nangklao or Thap; prompt on Phra Narai by asking “what character is he reborn as?”] (KCKP stands for Khun Chang, Khun Phaen. The romance is Phra Aphai Mani.)
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