Wimala
Mon · mortal · Mon traditional religion; continuing · Recorded classification
Wimala is the younger founding prince of Hanthawaddy, brother of Thamala, sharing with him the discovery of the hamsa-crowned islet and the raising of the city that became Pegu. In the chronicle tradition the brothers fall into rivalry over the succession, and Wimala's fortunes rise and fall against Thamala's in the tale of the capital's origins. Together the pair personify the Mon claim to Pegu as a city founded under Buddhist prophecy.
Domains
- city foundation
Powers
- settle the new city of the hamsa
Relations
- sibling: ThamalaThe two founding princes, brothers of Thaton stock.R. Halliday (trans.), 'Slapat Rajawan', Journal of the Burma Research Society 13 (1923) (primary)
- rival: ThamalaContention between the brothers over the throne of the new city.G. E. Harvey, History of Burma (London: Longmans, Green, 1925) (secondary)
Sources
- Wimala is the younger of the two brothers who founded Hanthawaddy at the site of the hamsa omen.: R. Halliday (trans.), 'Slapat Rajawan Datow Smim Ron', Journal of the Burma Research Society 13 (1923) (primary); G. E. Harvey, History of Burma (London: Longmans, Green, 1925) (secondary)