Apeyadana

Apeyadana

Apeyadana

Chief queen consort of Burma

Apeyadana (Burmese: အပယ် ရတနာ, pronounced [ʔəpɛ̀ jədənà]; also spelled Abeyadana) was the chief queen consort of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and maternal grandmother of King Sithu I of Pagan. She married Kyansittha when he was just a young officer in the army,[1] before his coronation.[2]: 156  She was succeeded as the chief queen by Thanbula.[3]

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The Apeyadana Temple in Bagan (Pagan) is named after the queen.

References

  1. [1]
    Harvey 1925: 38
  2. [2]
    Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  3. [3]
    Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 279

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