Thurathadi

Thurathadi (Burmese: သူရဿတီ; also spelled Thuyathadi or Thayéthadi) is a goddess in the Buddhist pantheon of Myanmar.

She is one of the higher nats and guarding the Buddhist scriptures and promoting the welfare of scholars and writers.

However, Thurathadi has a number of her own stories and has long been worshiped in Myanmar since the Pagan dynasty.

In Myanmar, the Shwezigon Mon Inscription near Bagan, dated 1084 AD, recites the name Saraswati as follows: According to legend, she will be the mother of both the future king and his bride Mya Sein Yaung.

Because she guards the Buddhist scriptures—a traditional source of occult lore—and was once in India the goddess Saraswati, who was accredited with inventing Sanskrit, her reputed patronage adds both a Buddhist and scholarly air to weizza affairs.