Shandrindra

Shandrindra (4 September 988—16 April 1037), also known as Princess Kanawan Sangla, was a cousin and wife of King Tychen of the Kiangnu dynasty of Jasume. She was famous for her charm towards two Kiangnu kings and jealousy to her husband’s other wives.

Background
She was the tenth daughter of Prince Wakilaradra and his wife Sri Kachan, both of whom were grandchildren of King Bohu's father Tahay Somzam. Wakilaradra’s father was Prince Mintong, while Sri Kachan’s father was Prince Suyiket. She was born Wanla on 4 September 988 in Udegan, growing up with King Ang Sum’s children including future kings Mansaw and Tychen. Wanla was fabulous and intelligent, who was popular in the palace. Ang Sum’s queen Pinthinah liked her and often asked her to play with her children together. In the long-term getting along, both Mansaw, Pinthinah’s third son, and Tychen, the fourth, fell in love with her. Her name was expanded to Kanawan Sangla by King Ang Sum.

Emotional entanglement
She was designated to marry Mansaw as a concubine in 1010, the second year of Mansaw’s reign, but she was against it, because the one she loved was Tychen. Tychen and Wanla planned to run away, however, the escape was found by the king. Wanla declared she’s pregnant with Tychen’s child, while she was not, making the king angry, then jailed her in a temple to force her to become a nun and forbade her to get married. Wanla was so sad that she planned to suicide a lot of times, but luckily, she was saved on time every time. Tychen used to beg the king to gave them a mercy, but the king refused, and said,“ princess or criminal, she chose the latter.”

Queen consort
Life as a nun lasted 10 years. Mansaw died in 1020, maybe dying in Tychen’s conspiracy, as Tychen was unsatisfied with his brother for almost a decade. Tychen was crowned the new king, and then released Wanla from the temple. In June, Wanla married the king, becoming his queen consort. Queen Wanla never bore a child. Wanla was jealous, especially her husband was not faithful to her with almost a hundred wives. In 1026, Tychen married Princess Sri Yin, whom the favorite wife of the king replacing Wanla. The queen was angry about that, and afraid of losing her status. In 1037, Wanla failed to stop the king named Sri Yin's son Phamipi the heir, so she argued with the king and threatened to suicide, but the king never cared. Later, Queen Wanla drank the poison herself. Knowing this, Tychen was shocked then commanded to hold a grand funeral for Wanla, but he didn’t show up on the funeral from the beginning to the end. Wanla was buried in the royal cemetery in Konshin, with her posthumous name Shandrindra.