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Nai Choht (นายโชติ)
Thai. ‘Mr. Bright’. Name of one
of the eleven heroic leaders who in 1767,
at the end of the
Ayutthaya period,
fought the invading
Burmese in defence of the
Bang Rajan
camp in
Singburi
(fig.).
He was
a citizen
of
Sri Bua Thong (ศรีบัวทอง),
a village in Singburi
and joined the battle with the
villagers of Bang Rachan. Together with
Nai Meuang,
Nai In,
Nai Thaen and a number of
villagers, he ambushed and killed many Burmese
soldiers. He died on the battle field.
In
iconography, he is usually
depicted holding two swords. Also transliterated Nai Chote.
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