Apeyadana

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| name = Apeyadana
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| reign = 1084 – c. 1100s (decade)

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| succession = Chief queen consort of Burma

| predecessor = Manisanda

| successor = Thanbula

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| spouse = Kyansittha

| issue = Shwe Einthi

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| house = Pagan

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| birth_date = c. 1040s (decade)

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| death_date = c. 1100s (decade)

| death_place = Pagan (Bagan)

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| religion = Theravada Buddhism

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Apeyadana ({{langx|my|အပယ် ရတနာ}}, {{IPA|my|ʔəpɛ̀ jədənà|pron}}; also spelled Abeyadana) was the chief queen consort of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and maternal grandmother of King Sithu I of Pagan. She married Kyansittha when he was just a young officer in the army,Harvey 1925: 38 before his coronation.{{cite book|last= Coedès|first= George|author-link= George Coedès|editor= Walter F. Vella|others= trans.Susan Brown Cowing|title= The Indianized States of Southeast Asia|year= 1968|publisher= University of Hawaii Press|isbn= 978-0-8248-0368-1}}{{rp|156}} She was succeeded as the chief queen by Thanbula.Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 279

The Apeyadana Temple in Bagan (Pagan) is named after the queen.

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book | last=Harvey| first=G. E.| title=History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824 | publisher=Frank Cass & Co. Ltd | year = 1925 | location = London}}
  • {{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=Hmannan Yazawin | volume=1–3 | year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=Burmese | edition=2003 | publisher=Ministry of Information, Myanmar}}

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Category:Chief queens consort of Pagan

Category:1040s births

Category:1100s deaths

Category:11th-century Burmese women

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