Pāli Dictionary

susīma

suprefixsīmārootasuffix

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.

susima

approximate

suprefixsīmārootasuffix

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.

Encyclopedia

8 entries

Susīma
Person

  • The Bodhisatta in the time of the Buddha Atthadassī, a great brahmin ascetic converted after hearing that Buddha teach.

Susīma2
Person

  • The Bodhisatta, son of the chaplain to the king of Bārāṇasī, who himself later became king, as told in the Susīma Jātaka.

Susīma3
Person

  • A king of Bārāṇasī in another Susīma Jātaka, identified with Ānanda.

Susīma4
Person

  • A deity who, hearing Ānanda praise Sāriputta, confirmed every word and whose retinue listened entranced.

Susīma5
Person

  • One of the thousand sons of Sakka, a lazy deva general in the war against the asuras whom Sakka had to admonish.

Susīma6
Person

  • 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.

SN 12.70·Goes forth
Susīma7
Person

  • 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.

Susīmā
Personapproximate

  • Mother 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.

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