Htibyuhsaung Medaw
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Htibyuhsaung Medaw is one of the 37 nats
in the Burmese pantheon of nats. She was a grandmother of King Anawrahta
of Pagan, and died of illness. She is portrayed with hair knotted and dangling, sitting on folded knees with hand on her lap.
Nat (spirit)
The nats are spirits worshipped in Burma in conjunction with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 Great Nats and all the rest . Almost all of the 37 Great Nats were human beings who met violent deaths . They may thus also be called nat sein...
in the Burmese pantheon of nats. She was a grandmother of King Anawrahta
Anawrahta
Anawrahta Minsaw was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that formed the basis of modern-day Burma...
of Pagan, and died of illness. She is portrayed with hair knotted and dangling, sitting on folded knees with hand on her lap.