Sumana8
PersonProbablement identique aux entrées précédentes de Sumana, une figure aussi appelée Cūḷa Sumana qui, dans une vie antérieure, offrit des fleurs de jasmin au Bouddha Sikhī et fut quatre fois un roi nommé 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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