Yadana Dewi of Toungoo

Yadana Dewi (Burmese: ရတနာ ဒေဝီ, pronounced: [jədənà dèwì]) was one of the five principal queens of King Mingyinyo of Toungoo Dynasty and the mother of Atula Thiri Maha Yaza Dewi, the chief queen of King Bayinnaung. The third ranked queen of the five queens was a daughter of the saopha (chief) of Mong Pai (Mobye). Her birth name was Khin Nwe (ခင်နွယ်) according to standard chronicles, or Khin Hnin Nwe (ခင်နှင်းနွယ်), according to the Toungoo Yazawin chronicle.^[1]

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• Sein Lwin Lay, Kahtika U (1968). Mintaya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin (in Burmese) (2006, 2nd printing ed.). Yangon: Yan Aung Sarpay.