Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4453

v2.c36.4453

7. Sumitta Thera.—He was the younger son of Kuntikinnarī. He was ordained, with his brother Tissa, by Mahāvaruṇa and attained to arahantship. Tissa died from the bite of a venomous insect because it proved impossible to get any ghee, though Sumitta went about seeking for some. Sumitta died, while walking in meditation in the Caṅkama-hall, in the eighth year of Asoka’s reign.¹ 1. Sumittā.—One of the five daughters of Vijayabāhu I. and Tilokasundarī. She married Jayabāhu.¹