Sumana8
PersonProbably identical with the preceding Sumana entries, a figure also called Cūḷa Sumana who in a past life offered jasmine flowers to Sikhī Buddha and was four times a king named Mahāyasa.
See Cūḷa Sumana (3). He is probably identical with Sumana (4), and may be identical with Sumana (7) if the uncle mentioned in connection with the latter is Anuruddha.
Thirty-one world-cycles ago he was a garland maker and offered jasmine-flowers to Sikhī Buddha. Twenty-six world-cycles ago he was king four times, under the name of Mahāyasa. Thagg.vss.429-34; ThagA.i.457 f.
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