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Pagan Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...

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(Bagan) , death_date = 1190s , death_place = Pagan , date of burial = , place of burial = , religion =

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 = Wadanthika ( my, ဝဋံသိကာ, ) was the second Queen of the Central Palace of King Sithu II of the

Pagan Dynasty The Kingdom of Pagan ( my, ပုဂံခေတ်, , ; also known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan Dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-da ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Burma). She may also have been Sithu II's chief queen for a brief period. Chronicles do not identify her by her personal name; they identify her simply as younger sister of Thubarit, and mother of Yazathu, Pyanchi and Gingathu.See (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 212) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 317–318). (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 133) gives only Yazathura and Pyanchi (not Gingathu) as her children. But contemporary inscriptional evidence shows that the name of the queen of Sithu II and the mother of Yazathu, Pyanchi and Gingathu was Wadanthika.Than Tun 1964: 129 According to the chronicle ''

Yazawin Thit ''Maha Yazawin Thit'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင် သစ်, ; ; also known as ''Myanmar Yazawin Thit'' or ''Yazawin Thit'') is a national chronicle of Burma (Myanmar). Completed in 1798, the chronicle was the first attempt by the Konbau ...

'', she was ''Ale Pyinthe'' or Queen of the Central Palace, and was a grandniece of Queen

Yadanabon I of Pagan , image = , caption = , reign = 1112 – 1150s , coronation = , succession = Chief queen consort of Burma , predecessor = Thanbula , successor = Ti Law ...

.Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 133 Inscriptional evidence as well as ''

Maha Yazawin The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at ...

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Hmannan Yazawin ''Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မှန်နန်း မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ; commonly, ''Hmannan Yazawin''; known in English as the '' Glass Palace Chronicle'') is the first official chronicle of Konbaung ...

'' chronicles say that she had the title Usaukpan,Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 212Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 317 which according to

Than Tun Than Tun ( my, သန်းထွန်း, ; 6 April 1923 – 30 November 2005) was an influential Burma, Burmese historian as well as an outspoken critic of the State Peace and Development Council, military junta of Burma. For his lifelong co ...

meant the chief queen.(Than Tun 1964: 129) translates ''Usaukpan'' as ''Hteik-khaung-tin Mibaya'', or chief queen. If so, Sithu II may have continued to keep the offices of the chief queen and the Queen of the Southern Palace separate. (His first chief queen Weluwaddy, and the first South Queen was

Min Aung Myat , image = , caption = , reign = 1174 – 1185 , coronation = , succession = Queen of the Southern Palace , predecessor = herself as Chief Queen , successor ...

.) Wadanthika died soon after the birth of her third child.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 318

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