What is Peacock Princess?
{{Infobox folk tale |Folk_Tale_Name = Peacock Princess |Image_Name = |Image_Size = 292px |Image_Caption = |Mythology = [[Hinduism]]<br>[[Tai peoples]] |Country = |Region = [[Southeast Asia]]<br>[[South China Craton]] |Origin_Date = [[Middle ages]] |Published_In = 1960 |Related = ''[[Manimekhala]]'' }} The '''Peacock Princess''' or '''Chao Sisouthone and Nang Manola'''<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Diamond |first1=Catherine |title=Red Lotus in the Twenty-First Century: Dilemmas in the Lao Performing Arts |journal=New Theatre Quarterly |date=February 2005 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=34–51 |doi=10.1017/S0266464X04000326 |s2cid=191461101 }}</ref> is a [[Kra–Dai languages|Tai]] legend. This story features in the folklore of [[Culture of Myanmar|Myanmar]], [[Culture of Cambodia|Cambodia]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Porée-Maspero |first1=Eveline |title=III. Le cycle des douze animaux dans la vie des Cambodgiens |journal=Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient |date=1962 |volume=50 |issue=2 |pages=311–365 |doi=10.3406/befeo.1962.1536 }}</ref> [[Culture of Thailand|Thailand]], [[Culture of Laos|Laos]], [[Culture of Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]], [[Culture of Malaysia|northern Malaysia]], [[Culture of Indonesia|Indonesia]], [[Vietnam]] and [[China]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jaini |first1=Padmanabh S. |title=The Story of Sudhana and Manoharā: An Analysis of the Texts and the Borobudur Reliefs |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London |date=1966 |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=533–558 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00073407 |jstor=611473 |s2cid=190756276 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Jaini |first1=Padmanabh S. |title=Collected Papers on Buddhist Studies |date=2001 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1776-0 }}{{page needed|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sandakinduru-Katava |title=Sandakinduru Katava &#124; Ceylonese dance-drama |encyclopedia=Britannica.com |accessdate=2017-04-16}}</ref><