Thagyamin

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Thagyamin is the chief deity in Burmese Buddhist cosmology, often equated with Indra, who presides over the heavens and plays a central role in Myanmar’s religious and cultural traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Thagyamin canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Burmese deity ⓘ
deity ⓘ
abode Mount Meru ⓘ
associatedConcept cosmic order ⓘ
karma ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
associatedWith Burmese New Year festival Thingyan ⓘ
linked to: Burmese New Year

lightning ⓘ
merit ⓘ
moral conduct ⓘ
rain ⓘ
thunder ⓘ
cosmologicalRealm Tavatimsa heaven ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
culture Burmese culture ⓘ
depictedAs deity holding a conch or thunderbolt ⓘ
royal figure in celestial attire ⓘ
domain heavens ⓘ
equivalent Indra ⓘ
Sakka ⓘ
festivalRole inspector of human deeds during Thingyan ⓘ
function judge of good and evil deeds ⓘ
protector of righteous rulers ⓘ
gender male deity ⓘ
hasMythType didactic moral tales ⓘ
iconographicAttribute crown ⓘ
royal regalia ⓘ
influenced Burmese literature ⓘ
Burmese performing arts ⓘ
Burmese visual arts ⓘ
languageName Burmese ⓘ
linkedTradition Pali Buddhist texts about Sakka/Indra ⓘ
moralStatus benevolent deity ⓘ
mythologicalOrigin adaptation of Hindu god Indra into Burmese Buddhism ⓘ
partOf Burmese Buddhist cosmology ⓘ
linked to: Buddhist cosmology

Burmese nat and deity pantheon ⓘ
regionOfVeneration Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
role chief deity in Burmese Buddhist cosmology ⓘ
guardian of the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ
king of the gods ⓘ
title Lord of the Thirty-Three ⓘ
worshippedIn Burmese folk religion ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ

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