Soṇadinna
PersonA deity with seven mansions in Tāvatiṃsa, whose past life as a generous householder who built hermitages for holy men in Kassapa Buddha’s time was explained to King Nimi by his charioteer Mātali.
A devaputta who had seven mansions in Tāvatiṃsa. King Nimi saw these on his visit to Sakka, and Mātali explained to him that Soṇadinna had been a householder in a Kāsi village in the time of Kassapa Buddha and had built hermitages for holy men, providing them with all necessities. J.vi.118 f.
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