Pāli Dictionary

Sumitta7

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Der jüngere Sohn der Kuntikinnarī, der zusammen mit seinem Bruder Tissa ordiniert wurde, die Arahantschaft erlangte und selbst im achten Jahr der Herrschaft Asokas während der Gehmeditation starb, nachdem sein Bruder zuvor mangels Ghee an einem Giftinsektenstich gestorben war.

He was the younger son of Kuntikinnarī. He was ordained, with his brother Tissa, by Mahāvaruṇa and attained to Arahantship. Tissa died from the bite of a venomous insect because it proved impossible to get any ghee, though Sumitta went about seeking for some. Sumitta died, while walking in meditation in the Caṅkama-hall, in the eighth year of Asoka’s reign. Mhv.v.213-27.

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