Sumana21
PersonA millionaire’s son of Rājagaha, an unbeliever whose devout wife Uttarā, wanting leisure to practice her faith, arranged for the courtesan Sirimā to attend to him in her place.
A millionaire’s son of Rājagaha. Puṇṇa (Puṇṇasīha) (q.v.) was his servant, but, later, Puṇṇa, as the result of giving alms to Sāriputta, became rich and Sumana married his daughter, Uttarā. Sumana was an unbeliever, and Uttarā, wishing for leisure in which to practise her religion, obtained for him the services of the courtesan Sirimā, paying her with the money obtained from her father. DhA.iii.104, 302 f.
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