Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
monastic
name of a monk, former wandering ascetic
SN 12.70
ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho susimo paribbājako āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca, icchām'ahaṃ, āvuso ānanda, imasmiṃ dhammavinaye brahmacariyaṃ caritun'ti.
cosmology
name of a deity
SN 2.29
atha kho susimo devaputto āyasmato sāriputtassa vaṇṇe bhaññamāne mahatiyā devaputtaparisāya parivuto yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekam'antaṃ aṭṭhāsi.
Part of speech
noun · masculine
monastic
Susīma; name of a monk, formerly a wandering ascetic of Rājagaha who was ordained by Ānanda and became an arahant.
SN 12.70
tena kho pana samayena susīmo paribbājako rājagahe paṭivasati mahatiyā paribbājakaparisāya saddhiṃ.
Encyclopedia
8 entries
Susīmā
PersonMother of Sīhabāhu and Sīhasīvali, daughter of the king of Vaṅga, said to have consorted with a lion, whose offspring became the ancestors of the Sinhalese people.
The Bodhisatta in the time of the Buddha Atthadassī, a great brahmin ascetic converted after hearing that Buddha teach.
The Bodhisatta, son of the chaplain to the king of Bārāṇasī, who himself later became king, as told in the Susīma Jātaka.
A king of Bārāṇasī in another Susīma Jātaka, identified with Ānanda.
A deity who, hearing Ānanda praise Sāriputta, confirmed every word and whose retinue listened entranced.
One of the thousand sons of Sakka, a lazy deva general in the war against the asuras whom Sakka had to admonish.
A wanderer of Rājagaha who sought ordination only to learn and exploit the Buddha’s teaching for material gain, but on discovering the truth confessed his motive and became a genuine Arahant.
A brahmin of Takkasilā, son of Saṅkha, who sought the teaching’s true end from Pacceka Buddhas at Isipatana and himself became a Pacceka Buddha.
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