Htibyuhsaung Medaw Explained

Htibyuhsaung Medaw (in Burmese pronounced as /tʰí bjù sʰáʊɰ̃ mɛ̀dɔ̀/; lit. Royal Mother of Htibyuhsaung), is one of the 37 nats in the Burmese pantheon of nats. She was the grandmother of King Anawrahta of Pagan and died of illness.^{[1] [2]} She is portrayed with hair knotted and dangling, sitting on folded knees with a hand on her lap.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: DeCaroli, Robert . Haunting the Buddha: Indian Popular Religions and the Formation of Buddhism . 2004 . Oxford University Press, US. 978-0-19-516838-9.
2. Web site: Thirty-Seven Nats . 2006-07-03 . Hla Thamein . Yangonow . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060624080232/http://www.yangonow.com/eng/culture/nat/37_nat.html . 2006-06-24 .