Shingon ( my, ရှင်ကုန်း ; ) is one of 37 nats in the official Burmese pantheon of

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s. She was a maid of King

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and accompanied him to the battlefront. She died on her return to the capital, Ava (modern

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). Shingon is portrayed walking limply with her hands dangling.

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{{Burmese nats *35 Burmese goddesses