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Princess Sao Sanda (Burmese: စဝ်စန္ဒာ, also known as Sao Nang Mya Sanda, (စောနန်းမြစန္ဒာ) and Sanda Simms) is the last princess of Yawnghwe, a now disestablished Shan state in present-day Myanmar. She is the eldest daughter of the last Saopha of Yawnghwe Sao Shwe Thaik by his consort Sao Nang Sanda. A journalist at Reuters, she coauthored several books with her husband Peter Simms. Her 2008 book 'The Moon Princess: Memories of the Shan States' chronicles a turbulent period in Burma's history, providing both her life story and a chronicle of her father, the first president of the Union of Burma after its independence.
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Sanda Min Hla (Burmese: စန္ဒာမင်းလှ, pronounced [sàɰ̃dà mɪ́ɰ̃ l̥a̰]; c. 1300s–1363/64) was a Burmese queen. She was the chief queen consort of three kings of Martaban, and the real palace power behind the throne. Her murder of her second husband King Saw E, grandson of king of Sukhothai provoked an invasion from Sukhothai. Her third husband King Binnya E Law, whom she also placed on the throne, defeated the invasion.
Her personal name was Hnin An Po (နှင်းအံပို; Burmese pronunciation: [n̥ɪ́ɰ̃ ʔàɰ̃ pò]). In 1323, when her first husband Saw Zein ascended the throne, and she became the chief queen with the title of Sanda Min Hla.
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Her personal name was Hnin An Po (နှင်းအံပို; Burmese pronunciation: [n̥ɪ́ɰ̃ ʔàɰ̃ pò]). In 1323, when her first husband Saw Zein ascended the throne, and she became the chief queen with the title of Sanda Min Hla.
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Sanda is also used as a masculine given name in Myanma/Burmese. Some evidence for this is that Sanda is the Myanma/Burmese form of the Sanskrit word Chandra meaning "moon", which is a unisex name in Sanskrit.
Sources: https://forebears.io/forenames/sanda
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Sources: https://forebears.io/forenames/sanda
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This is my step-mother's name. It’s quite nice, prettier than Sandra in my opinion.
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