Apeyadana
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| name = Apeyadana
{{lang-my-Mymr|အပယ် ရတနာ}}
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| reign = 1084 – c. 1100s (decade)
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| succession = Chief queen consort of Burma
| predecessor = Manisanda
| successor = Thanbula
| suc-type = Successor
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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.
Popular culture
- Portrayed by May Than Nu in Kyan Sit Min (2005) film.
References
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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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{{s-hou|Pagan Dynasty|{{circa}}|1040s|{{circa}}|1100s}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Chief queen consort of Burma|years=1084–{{circa}} 1100s}}
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{{Queens consort of Pagan}}
Category:Chief queens consort of Pagan
Category:11th-century Burmese women
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