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Sumana21

Person

राजगृह के एक धनकुबेर का पुत्र, अविश्वासी; उसकी धर्मपरायण पत्नी उत्तरा ने अपनी साधना के लिए अवकाश पाने हेतु गणिका सिरिमा को अपने स्थान पर पति की सेवा करने की व्यवस्था की।

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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