Pāli Dictionary

Sumana21

Person

王舎城の富豪の息子で、信仰を持たなかった人物。敬虔な妻ウッターラーは信仰実践のための暇を得るため、遊女シリマーに自分の代わりに夫の世話をさせる手はずを整えた。

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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