Taungoo Mingaung ( my, တောင်ငူ မင်းခေါင် ) is one of the Thirty Seven '' nats'' in the official pantheon of Burmese ''nats''. He is portrayed sitting crosslegged on a simple couch wearing royal garments, holding a fan in his right hand and resting his left hand on his knee.Hla Thamein, No. 35 Shin Mingaung of Taungoo According to the writer Hla Thamein, he is the ''nat'' representation of

Minkhaung II Minkhaung II ( my, ဒုတိယ မင်းခေါင် ; 9 October 1446 – 7 April 1501) was king of Ava from 1480 to 1501. His 20-year reign was the beginning of the decline of Ava's hold on Upper Burma. Yamethin, a region to the east ...

, who was viceroy of Taungoo (r. 1549–1551, 1552–1584) and the third younger brother of King

Bayinnaung , image = File:Bayinnaung.JPG , caption = Statue of Bayinnaung in front of the National Museum of Myanmar , reign = 30 April 1550 – 10 October 1581 , coronation = 11 January 1551 at Toung ...

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

. However, Minkhaung II died of natural causes whereas Viceroy Minkhaung I (r. 1446–1451) was brutally assassinated (repeatedly hacked to death by sword).Sein Lwin Lay 2006: 32–33 Since death from violent murders is a leitmotif of the Thirty Seven ''nats'', and one of the main criteria for being inducted into the pantheon, the ''nat'' may likely be based on Minkhaung I, not Minkhaung II.

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