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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4453

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4453

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### [v2.c36.4453](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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

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