[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c36.4306 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4306 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4306 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4306) 1. Sumana.—The fourth of the twenty-four Buddhas. He was born in Mekhala, his father being the khattiya Sudatta and his mother Sirimā. For nine thousand years he lived as a householder in three palaces—Canda, Sucanda and Vataṃsa¹—his wife being Vataṃsikā and his son Anupama. He left the world on an elephant, practised austerities for ten months, and attained enlightenment under a nāga-tree, being given a meal of milk-rice by Anupama, daughter of Anupama-seṭṭhi of Anoma, and grass for his seat by the Ājīvaka Anupama. His first sermon was preached in the Mekhala Park, and among his first disciples were his step-brother Saraṇa and the purohita’s son Bhāvitatta. His Twin-miracle was performed in Sunandavatī. The Bodhisatta was a Nāga-king Atula. One of the Buddha’s chief assemblies was on the occasion of his solving the questions of King Arindama on Nirodha. - [Previous: v2.c36.4305](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4305) - [Next: v2.c36.4307](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4307) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4306](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4306) · Pramāṇa