Pwadawgyi of Pagan

Pwadawgyi ဖွားတော်ကြီး
Chief Queen Consort of Burma
Tenure	1211 – 1231 or 1235
Predecessor	Taung Pyinthe II (Sithu II)
Successor	Shin Saw or Yaza Dewi
Born	Pagan (Bagan)
Died	Pagan
Spouse	Htilominlo
Issue	Theinpatei Taya Mun
House	Pagan
Father	Ottathu
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Pwadawgyi (Burmese: ဖွားတော်ကြီး}, pronounced: [pʰwá dɔ̀ dʑí]) was the chief queen consort of King Htilominlo of the Pagan Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma). Her personal name is lost to history. Pwadawgyi simply means "Royal Grandmother". She was a great granddaughter of King Sithu I.^[1][2][3] She and Htilominlo had two children named Theinpatei and Taya Mun. Taya Mun died young.^[3]

References

1. Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 230
2. Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 136
3. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 330–331

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Maha Sithu (1798). Myint Swe (1st ed.); Kyaw Win, Ph.D. and Thein Hlaing (2nd ed.), ed. Yazawin Thit (in Burmese) 1–3 (2012, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
• Than Tun (1964). Studies in Burmese History (in Burmese) 1. Yangon: Maha Dagon.