Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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sumanadevī
  1. sumana

    glad; happy; pleased; cheerful; of good mind

  2. devī

    goddess; female divinity; a queen among the gods

Encyclopedia

5 entries

  • The mother of the elder Mahā-Kassapa.

  • The mother of Suppatiṭṭhita.

  • A step-sister of King Khallāṭanāga whose three sons, after their conspiracy against the king failed, threw themselves into a fire on the spot where the Abhayagiri stupa now stands.

  • The youngest daughter of Anāthapiṇḍika, a Once-returner who, dying of grief over remaining unmarried, addressed her father as ‘younger brother’—a remark the Buddha explained was fitting given her higher spiritual attainment.

  • The mother of the eminent laywoman Visākhā, and one of the five persons of surpassingly great merit.

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