Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4432

v2.c36.4432

The Commentary adds² that Sumanā’s questions were the result of a conversation between two babies born in the house of the King of Kosala, one as the king’s son, the other as the son of one of the attendant women. The children were laid side by side on two beds, the prince’s bed being higher and better. They had both been monks in their previous life; the prince was a *sārāṇīyadhammapūraka*, the other a *bhattagapūraka*. The prince saw his past life, and, realizing that the other had not taken his advice and had, therefore, suffered eclipse, addressed him as he lay on the next bed. Sumanā heard their talk, but spoke no word of it to anyone, in case the children should be thought to be possessed of evil spirits.