[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.c36.4342 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4342 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4342 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4342](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4342) 15. Sumana.—Son of Saṅghamittā and Aggibrahmā.¹ He joined the Order at the age of seven; even as a sāmaṇera he was gifted with the sixfold abhiññā and accompanied Mahinda to Ceylon.² Once when he announced that Mahinda was going to preach his voice was heard all over Ceylon.³ In order to get relics for the cetiyas in Ceylon, he went (by air) to Pupphapura (Pāṭaliputta), and from there to Sakka’s abode, for the Buddha’s right collar-bone. He supervised the placing of the relics in the Thūpārāma-cetiya.⁴ 16. \*\*Sumana.\*\*—Governor of Girijanapada in the time of KāKavaṇṇa-tissa. He was a friend of Veḷusumana’s father.¹ - [Previous: v2.c36.4341](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4341) - [Next: v2.c36.4343](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4343) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4342](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4342) · Pramāṇa