Saw Diga of Mye-Ne

Saw Diga (Burmese: စောဒီကာ, pronounced [sɔ́ dìgà]) was the father of King Mohnyin Thado of Ava.^[1] He was a 14th-century governor of Mye-Ne (present-day Nyaung U in central Myanmar). His descendants became kings of Ava down to 1527.^[2] He was also a nine-times great-grandfather of King Alaungpaya of the Konbaung dynasty.^[3]

Saw Diga စောဒီကာ
Governor of Mye Ne
Born	c. 1360s
Spouse	Saw Pale of Nyaungyan
Issue	Mohnyin Thado Nawrahta of Myedu Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan
Father	Min Pale of Paukmyaing
Mother	Shwe Einthe of Paukmyaing
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

In this Burmese name, Saw is an honorific, not a given name.

Ancestry

The following is his ancestry according to the Alaungpaya Ayedawbon chronicle.^[3] Note that his two times great-grandmother Pwa Gyi was a daughter of King Uzana of Pagan, and his two times great-grandfather Yanda Pyissi was a son of Yazathingyan, the chief minister of Pagan.

Ancestry of Saw Diga

16. Min Pe Gyi 8. Min Pe Nge of Myittha 17. Pwa Gyi of Pagan 4. Yandathu of Lanbu 18. Yanda Pyissi 9. Khin Hpone 19. unnamed 2. Min Pale of Paukmyaing 20. Kyawswa of Pagan 10. Uzana I of Pinya 21. Mi Saw U 5. Mway Medaw of Lanbu 22. Kyawswa of Pagan 11. Atula Maha Dhamma Dewi of Pinya 23. Saw Soe 1. Diga 24. Theinkha Bo 12. Thihathu 25. Lady Myinsaing 6. Kyawswa I of Pinya 26. Narathihapate 13. Mi Saw U 27. Shin Shwe 3. Shwe Einthe of Paukmyaing 28. Kyawswa of Pagan 14. Saw Hnit of Pagan 29. Saw Soe 7. Atula Sanda Dewi of Pinya 15. unnamed

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 61–62
2. Htin Aung 1967: 337
3. Letwe Nawrahta 1961: 12

Bibliography

• Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.
• Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein (ed.). Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (in Burmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.

Saw Diga of Mye-Ne Ava Kingdom Born: c. 1360s Died:  ?
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Preceded by	Governor of Mye-Ne	Succeeded by