Saw Diga of Mye-Ne

Saw Diga
စောဒီကာ
Governor of Mye Ne
Bornc. 1360s
SpouseSaw Pale of Nyaungyan
IssueMohnyin Thado
Nawrahta of Myedu
Shin Myat Hla of Pakhan
FatherMin Pale of Paukmyaing
MotherShwe Einthe of Paukmyaing
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

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]

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