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Sumana21

Person

Con trai một nhà triệu phú thành Vương Xá, một kẻ không tin đạo, người vợ mộ đạo Uttarā vì muốn có thời gian rảnh để tu tập nên đã sắp xếp cho kỹ nữ Sirimā thay mình chăm sóc chồng.

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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