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'''Ananda Thuriya''' ({{lang-my|အနန္တ သူရိယ}}, {{IPA-my|ʔənàɴda̰ θùɹḭja̰|pron}}; d. 1174) was a senior minister to kings [[Alaungsithu|Sithu I]], [[Narathu]] and [[Naratheinkha]] of the [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan Dynasty]] of [[Myanmar]]. He is best remembered in [[History of Myanmar|Burmese history]] for the poem he wrote for King [[Narapatisithu|Sithu II]], just a few minutes before his execution. 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. |
'''Ananda Thuriya''' ({{lang-my|အနန္တ သူရိယ}}, {{IPA-my|ʔənàɴda̰ θùɹḭja̰|pron}}; also spelled '''Anantathuriya'''; d. 1174) was a senior minister to kings [[Alaungsithu|Sithu I]], [[Narathu]] and [[Naratheinkha]] of the [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan Dynasty]] of [[Myanmar]]. He is best remembered in [[History of Myanmar|Burmese history]] for the poem he wrote for King [[Narapatisithu|Sithu II]], just a few minutes before his execution. 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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The poem was written in the ''linka'' ({{lang-my-Mymr|လင်္ကာ}}, {{IPA-my|lɪ̀ɴgà|}}) form, and consists of four stanzas.<ref name=geh-54-55>Harvey 1925: 54–55</ref> The extant version of the poem was probably written, or at least updated in the 14th century by an unidentified poet.<ref name=yt-1-125>Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 125, footnote 3</ref> It is considered to be the first known instance of poetry in Burmese vernacular<ref name=laa-38-39>Lotus 1967: 38–39</ref> as well as monarchical criticism.<ref name=bk-273>Bagley, Kyaw Ei 2009: 273</ref> |
The poem was written in the ''linka'' ({{lang-my-Mymr|လင်္ကာ}}, {{IPA-my|lɪ̀ɴgà|}}) form, and consists of four stanzas.<ref name=geh-54-55>Harvey 1925: 54–55</ref> The minister is generally credited as the author of the poem<ref name=msk-9-166/><ref name=geh-54-55/> but according to a recent analysis, the extant version of the poem was probably written, or at least updated in the 14th century by an unidentified poet.<ref name=yt-1-125>Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 125, footnote 3</ref> It is considered to be the first known instance of poetry in Burmese vernacular<ref name=laa-38-39>Lotus 1967: 38–39</ref> as well as monarchical criticism.<ref name=bk-273>Bagley, Kyaw Ei 2009: 273</ref> |
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The following is the English translation by [[Richard Fleming St Andrew St John|R.F. St. Andrew St. John]].<ref name=geh-54-55/> |
The following is the English translation by [[Richard Fleming St Andrew St John|R.F. St. Andrew St. John]].<ref name=geh-54-55/> |
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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) |
| Resting place | - |
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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 DynastyofMyanmar. He is best remembered in Burmese history for the poem he wrote for King Sithu II, just a few minutes before his execution. 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.
The future minister, whose personal name is lost to history, began his career as a royal attendant at the palace of King Sithu I (r. 1112–67) in Pagan (Bagan). Descended from a line of royal attendants,[1] he attended to the children of Prince Narathu, including Naratheinkha and Sithu II.[2] He was a tutor to Naratheinkha.[3]
The attendant entered the upper echelons of power in 1151 when the king promoted him to serve as a royal adviser/minister (amat (အမတ်)), with the title of Ananda Thuriya.[4] The appointment certainly was not a routine matter as ministers of the day were usually drawn from more distant branches of the royal family.[5] Royal chronicles say that Crown Prince Min Shin Saw vigorously opposed the appointment because of the attendant's commoner origins.[note 1] He may have also viewed Ananda Thuriya as too close to his younger brother and rival Narathu. At any rate, Min Shin Saw lost the power struggle, and was exiled.[6]
In the following years, Narathu became the de facto heir-apparent, and Ananda Thuriya's career continued to rise alongside his patron's.[7] He became a senior minister in 1167 after Narathu had seized the throne by assassinating both Sithu I and Min Shin Saw. He continued to serve in the role when Narathu's eldest son and his former pupil Naratheinkha became in king in 1171. In 1174, Ananda Thuriya became ensnared in a power struggle between Naratheinkha and his younger brother Crown Prince Narapati. Chronicles say that the king tried to remove the crown prince because he coveted his brother's "exotically beautiful" consort Weluwaddy. The younger brother, who was commander-in-chief of the army, learned of the plan, and instead had the elder brother assassinated, and seized the throne.[8]
The younger brother, now King Sithu II, considered Ananda Thuriya too close to his brother, and ordered the execution of the aged courtier. At the execution site, Ananda Thuriya wrote a four-stanza poem to be presented to the king.[2] Sithu II pardoned the minister immediately after having read the poem. But it was too late: he was informed that the old minister had already been executed. Chronicles say that the king sobbed uncontrollably before everyone, and was filled with regret, reminiscing how he was raised by the late minister. The king now decreed that his death sentences from then on were to be carried out only after a cooling-off period of a month.[9]
The poem was written in the linka (လင်္ကာ, [lɪ̀ɴgà]) form, and consists of four stanzas.[10] The minister is generally credited as the author of the poem[1][10] but according to a recent analysis, the extant version of the poem was probably written, or at least updated in the 14th century by an unidentified poet.[11] It is considered to be the first known instance of poetry in Burmese vernacular[12] as well as monarchical criticism.[13]
The following is the English translation by R.F. St. Andrew St. John.[10]
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