Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw
Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw is one of the brothers hidden by Shingwa and Mandalay Bodaw, which led to their deaths. He is associated with the Burmese nat tradition.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 1100 CE
- Attested period
- 1100 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Hidden by Shingwa and Mandalay Bodaw during Pagan Dynasty period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Byatta, Ko Yin Maung, Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw, Popa Medaw
- enemy of
- Taungdaw Thakhinma, Ma Shwe U
- sibling of
- Shwe Hpyin brothers, Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw
- child of
- Me Wunna, Popa Medaw, Mei Wunna, Byatta
- allied with
- Shingwa, Mandalay Bodaw
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“killed together with her brother for hiding the brothers Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw and Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw.”
#29452 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Byatta fell in love with Mei Wunna and eventually conceived the two brothers, Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw and Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw.”
#29464 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw developed a crush on her and proposed, but she refused, leading to Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw harboring resentment. Following this, Ma Shwe U's parents arranged her marriage to Ko Yin Maung, a timber merchant from Taungbyone, and she moved to live with him in Taungbyone village.”
#29474 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“He is the elder brother of Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw and the son of Popa Medaw, another nat. He and his brother Shwe Hpyin Nyidaw are the subject of Myanmar's largest Nat festival”
#34191 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Together known as Shwe Hpyin Nyinaung (Brothers) or Taungbyon Min Nyinaung (Brother Lords of Taungbyon), he and his brother Shwe Hpyin Naungdaw were sons of Byatta, the royal messenger, and Me Wunna, a flower-eating ogress from Mount Popa, during the reign of King Anawrahta of Bagan.”
#34203 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001