Kanraza Gyi ( my, ကံရာဇာကြီး, ; also spelled Kanraza Gree) was the legendary founder of the Second Dhanyawaddy Dynasty of

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. According to '' Hmanan Yazawin'' (the Glass Palace Chronicle), Kanyaza Gyi was the eldest son of King

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, a prince of the Sakya clan of the

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who came from the ancient kingdom of

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(present-day northern India). After his father died in 825 CE, Kanyaza Gyi lost out the throne to his younger brother

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. He left Tagaung with his followers. He eventually settled at the abandoned capital of Danyawaddy in present-day

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, and founded the Second Danyawaddy Dynasty.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 153–155

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Kanraza Gyi was born in

861 BC, after his father

died he lost the throne to his younger brother after race to complete pogoda. He left the kingdom eventually settled in Dhanyawdi later founded the Second Dhanyawadi Kingdom of

following through the

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pass. He married queen Thubbada Dewi of Dhanywaddy. Where his descendants became today known as "Rakhine" or "Arakanese". He ruled for 37 years and was succeeded by his son, Thila Raza. The story of Abhiyaza, Kanyaza Gyi and Kanyaza Nge appeared for the first time in an official Burmese royal chronicle only in 1832, part of the efforts by the early Konbaung kings to promote a more orthodox version of

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. The Abhiyaza story linked the

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to the Buddha and superseded then prevailing pre-Buddhist

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involving one

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, son of a solar spirit and a dragon princess.Lieberman 2003: 196Than Tun 1964: ix–x

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