Setkya Min

Pe Khin
‹See Tfd›မောင်ဖေခင်
Statue of Setkya Min
Heir Apparent of Burma[1]
Prince of Nyaungyan
Reign1819 – 1837
SuccessorTharrawaddy Min
BornMaung Pe Khin
(1812-10-27)27 October 1812
Mingun
Died15 April 1838(1838-04-15) (aged 25)
Amarapura
SpouseShwetantin Princess
IssueMe Tin Gyi
Regnal name
Mahāsīhasūra Dhammarāja
HouseKonbaung
FatherBagyidaw
MotherHsinbyume
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Maha Thiha Thura Dhammaraja (Burmese: မဟာသီဟသူရဓမ္မရာဇာ, Pali: Mahāsīhasūra dhammarājā; born Pe Khin; 27 October 1812 – 4 April 1839), commonly known as Setkya Min (Burmese: စကြာမင်း Chakravarti) or the Prince of Nyaungyan (Burmese: ညောင်ရမ်းမင်းသား), was an heir apparent of Burma[2] and son of King Bagyidaw and his consort Hsinbyume.[3][4] He is worshipped as a weizza along with Bo Bo Aung.[5]

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  4. ^ Mendelson, E. Michael (1961). "A Messianic Buddhist Association in Upper Burma". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 24 (3): 560–580. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00092235. JSTOR 609765. S2CID 161486634.
  5. ^ "ဘိုးတော်ဘုရားအလွန် နှစ် ၂ဝဝ". BBC News (in Burmese). 19 June 2019.