Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4739

v2.c36.4739

4. Susīma.—A Devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all that Ānanda has said. The retinue of Susīma listen enraptured, waxing wondrous, in divers colour-tones ("even as a beautiful lustrous beryl-stone of eight facets, well polished, when laid in an orange-coloured cloth, shines, glows and blazes, etc.").¹