Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi of Ava

Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi အတုလသီရိ ဓမ္မဒေဝီ
Chief queen consort of Ava
Reign	c. August 1480 – 7 April 1501
Predecessor	Ameitta Thiri Maha Dhamma Dewi
Successor	Salin Minthami
Born	c. 1450s Ava (Inwa)
Died	? Ava (Inwa)
Spouse	Minkhaung II
Issue	Thihathura II Narapati II Soe Min Min Hpwa Saw
Father	Thihapate I of Pakhan
Mother	Shwe Einthi of Twinthin
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi (Burmese: အတုလသီရိ ဓမ္မဒေဝီ, pronounced: [ʔətṵla̰ θìɹḭ dəma̰dèwì]) was the chief queen of King Minkhaung II of Ava. She was a granddaughter of King Mohnyin Thado, as well as a direct descendant of King Swa Saw Ke of Ava from her mother side.^{[note 1]}

Ancestry

The following is her ancestry as reported in the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle.^{[note 2]}

Ancestry of Queen Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi

8. unnamed                       4. Thihapate of Mohnyin                             9. unnamed                       2. Thihapate I of Pakhan                                   10. Mohnyin Thado                       5. Min Hla Myat                             11. Shin Myat Hla of Ava                       1. Atula Thiri Dhamma Dewi                                         12. Mohnyin Thado                       6. Narapati of Ava                             13. Shin Myat Hla of Ava                       3. Shwe Einthi of Twinthin                                   14. Thinkhaya of Pagan                       7. Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi of Ava                             15. Pagan Mibaya

Notes

1. (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 82): Her maternal great grandfather Thinkhaya of Pagan was a half-uncle of King Minkhaung I.
2. See (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61, 73, 82–83, 111). According to (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61), Thihapate of Mohnyin was a nephew of Shin Mi Myat.

References

Bibliography

• Kala, U (1724). Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2006, 4th printing ed.). Yangon: Ya-Pyei Publishing.