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Sumana21

Person

왕사성 백만장자의 아들로 불신자였으며, 그의 독실한 아내 웃타라는 신앙 수행을 위한 여유를 얻고자 기녀 시리마를 시켜 자신 대신 남편을 시중들게 하였다.

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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