Maung Naga
Prince of Pyinzi
About Maung Naga
Lived 1771 – 1855 (aged 83–84).
Minye Thihakyaw (, born Naga; 1771 – 1855), commonly known as the Prince of Pyinzi, was a royal prince of Burma's Konbaung dynasty, especially renowned for his composition of classical songs (or Mahāgīta).
Life Maung Naga was born to King Hsinbyushin and Thanlyin Mibaya in 1771. Because he received the appanage of Pyinzi, along with the title of Minye Thihakyaw in 1784, Maung Naga was known in life as the "Prince of Pyinzi." He married Min Shwenga, a daughter of King Hsinbyushin and Ratanadevi. Maung Naga died in 1855.
In 1841 King Tharrawaddy went to Yangon together with Maung Naga. There he composed Mon songs: Taungyan Tawgyi (တောင်ယံတောကြီး) Taungyan Tawgale (တောင်ယံတောကလေး) Hninyun Gimman (နှင်းယွန်းဂိမ္မာန်) Hninyunthar Heman (နှင်းယွန်းသာဟေမန်) Kaunggyi Thinkar (ကောင်းကြီးသင်ခါ) Hnyin Hnyin Pansin Shwe Tamyar (ညှင်းညှင်းပဉ္စင် ရွှေတံမြွာ) Sein Mya Yan Chal (စိန်မြရံချယ်) Thaung Kyay Dipabwe (သောင်းကျေးဒီပါဘွေ).
Maung Naga composed Yintkyu Waemandar and Yuzana Malar patpyoes.
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Maung Naga?
prince of Pyinzi
When was Maung Naga born?
Maung Naga was born in 1771.
When did Maung Naga die?
Maung Naga died in 1855.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Naga, Prince of Pyinzi
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