, image = , caption = , reign = – , coronation = , succession = Queen of the Northern Palace of Arakan , predecessor = Pyinsala Sanda , successor = Shin Htwe , suc-type = Successor , spouse = Raza II , issue-link = , full name = , house = Toungoo , father =

Nanda Nanda may refer to: Indian history and religion * Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE ** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire ** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...

, mother =

Hanthawaddy Mibaya , image = , caption = , reign = 10 November 1581 – , coronation = , succession = Chief queen consort of Burma , predecessor = Sanda Dewi , successor = Th ...

, birth_date = 1565 , birth_place =

Pegu Bago (formerly spelt Pegu; , ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy, is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. It is located north-east of Yangon. Etymology The Burmese name Bago (ပဲခူး) is likely derived from the Mon lang ...

(Bago) , death_date = late 1630? , issue = Thupaba Déwi (daughter) , death_place =

Mrauk-U Mrauk U ( ) is a town in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It is the capital of Mrauk-U Township, a subregion of the Mrauk-U District. Mrauk U is of great cultural importance to the local Rakhine (Arakanese) people, and is the location of many ...

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Theravada Buddhism ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

, signature = Khin Ma Hnaung ( my, ခင်မနှောင်း, ) was a queen consort of King Raza II of

Arakan Arakan ( or ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it accessi ...

from 1599 to 1612. The queen was a daughter of King

Toungoo Dynasty , conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty , common_name = Taungoo dynasty , era = , status = Empire , event_start = Independence from Ava , year_start ...

and his chief consort

Hanthawaddy Mibaya , image = , caption = , reign = 10 November 1581 – , coronation = , succession = Chief queen consort of Burma , predecessor = Sanda Dewi , successor = Th ...

.Hmannan Vol. 3 2003: 108 She was taken to Mrauk-U, after her father surrendered to the joint forces of Raza II and

Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo ( my, မင်းရဲ သီဟသူ, ; c. 6 August 1550 – 11 August 1609) was king of the breakaway kingdom of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1597 to 1609. His kingdom was one of several small states that emerged follo ...

in 1599. At

, she was known as the Tanzaung Mibara (တန်ဆောင်း မိဖုရား, "Queen of the Royal Hall").RRT Vol. 2 1999: 87

Family

The queen has a daughter named Thupa-Ba Déwi (သုပဘာ ဒေဝီ), born in the year 1603 right after lost image of Buddha was founded by fishermens and they notified the King. Which Buddha image was traced back to the timeline during reign of Mahataing Sanda who was the founder of Waithali Dynasty, his queen was Thubapa Déwi who ordered the Buddha Statue retrieved from India. On its way to the capital, raft carrying the statue accidentally sunken and was lost. However, the queen asked her husband to make copy of The Great Vesali Image. Original Statue was now preserved and the King Raza II accompanied by his retinue and ministers along with his pregnant wife. He named his newborn baby princess linking her to the story of the queen and the lost image of Buddha.

Ancestry

Khin Ma Hnaung was the fourth child of

and his chief consort

Hanthawaddy Mibaya , image = , caption = , reign = 10 November 1581 – , coronation = , succession = Chief queen consort of Burma , predecessor = Sanda Dewi , successor = Th ...

. She was likely born in the early 1560s.Chronicles have no record of hers or any other female children of Nanda. Her elder brother

Mingyi Swa Mingyi Swa ( my, မင်းကြီးစွာ, or ; 27 November 1558 – ) was List of heirs to the Burmese thrones, heir apparent of Burma from 1581 to 1593. The eldest son of King Nanda Bayin, Nanda of the Toungoo dynasty, Toungoo Dynasty ...

, the third child of her parents, was born on 27 November 1558 (Sunday, 2nd waning of Nadaw 920 ME) per (Ohn Shwe 1966: xxviii). Her younger brother

Minye Kyawswa II of Ava , image = , caption = , reign = 29 December 1593 – 18 December 1599 , coronation = , succession = Heir Apparent of Burma , predecessor = Mingyi Swa , successor ...

, the sixth child, was born in November 1567 (Nadaw 929 ME) per (Zata 1960: 47). It means she was born sometime between late 1559 and 1565. Moreover, because her father was away on various military campaigns between February 1563 and August 1565, she and her younger sister Khin Pu were likely born in the early 1560s.

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