Sanda Wizaya

Sanda Wizaya
စန္ဒာဝိဇရမင်း
King of Arakan
ReignNovember 1710 - April 1731
CoronationNovember 1710
PredecessorSanda Thuriya II
SuccessorSanda Thuriya III
Born1665 CE
Hkrit
DiedApril 1731 CE(aged 66)
Mrauk U
ConsortShwe Ku (ရွှေကူ)
IssueHmauk Taw Ma II and others
Names
Thaungnyo Sanda Wizaya Mingyi
ဒုံးညို စန္ဒာ ဝီဇယ တန္တဗိုလ်မင်းကြီး
HouseWizaya
FatherUggabala
ReligionTherevada Buddhism

Sanda Wizaya (Rakhine: စန္ဒာဝီဇရ; 1665 - April 1731) commonly known as Thaungnyo was a 35th king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan from 1710 to 1731. His reign re-established Arakan's military might for some time, raiding east such as Mindon and Prome, in the west against Bengal. His naval fleet later sunk near Kyaukpandu upon arrival from Chittagong. He was succeeded by his son in-law.