The Venerable Shin Panthagu (Burmese: ရှင်ပန့်သကူ မထေရ် [ʃɪ̀ɴ pa̰ɴðəɡù mətʰḛi]; 1083–c. 1174) was primate of Pagan Kingdom from 1115 to 1168. The Theravada Buddhist monk son of the lord of Seinnyet succeeded his teacher Shin Arahan as primate. For the next five decades he was the chief religious adviser to King Alaungsithu and helped advise many of Alaungsithu’s religious deeds.
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