Ananda Thuriya
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This article is about the Pagan period minister and poet. For the governor of Kanba Myint, see Ananda Thuriya of Kanba Myint.
Ananda Thuriya (Burmese: အနန္တ သူရိယ, pronounced [ʔənàɴda̰ θùɹḭja̰]; also spelled Anantathuriya; d. 1174) was a senior minister to kings Sithu I, Narathu and Naratheinkha of the Pagan Dynasty of Myanmar. He is best remembered in Burmese history for the poem he wrote for King Sithu II, just a few minutes before his execution, titled The Law of Nature.[1][2] The extant poem, likely a result of a 14th-century update, is considered to be the first known instance of poetry in Burmese as well as monarchical criticism.
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Ananda Thuriya အနန္တ သူရိယ | |
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Senior Minister | |
In office 1167–1174 | |
Monarchs | Narathu (1167–71) Naratheinkha (1171–74) |
Minister | |
In office 1151–1167 | |
Monarch | Sithu I |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1110s |
Died | 1174 Pagan (Bagan) |
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