Htibyuhsaung
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Htibyuhsaung is one of 37 nat
s in the official Burmese pantheon of nats. He was King Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu
, father of Anawrahta
. He was deposed and forced to become a monk by his stepsons, and died later.
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...
s in the official Burmese pantheon of nats. He was King Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu
Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu
Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu was a king of Pagan and father of Anawrahta who founded the Pagan Empire. Although Burmese chronicles state that he reigned from 964 to 986, the actual reign, deduced from his son Anawrahta's year of ascension, 1044, was likely between 992 and 1014...
, father of 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...
. He was deposed and forced to become a monk by his stepsons, and died later.