Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4749

v2.c36.4749

7. Susīma.—A brahmin of Takkasilā and son of Saṅkha. He went to Benares and apprenticed himself to a teacher, who was his father's friend and who taught him various things. But he was able to understand only the beginning and the middle, and not the end. He therefore consulted his teacher, who confessed that neither did he understand the end, and advised him to seek the Pacceka Buddhas who were living in Isipatana. Susīma went there, entered the Order, and became a Pacceka Buddha. Soon afterwards he died, and Saṅkha, coming in search of his son, was told of what had happened. Saṅkha is identified with the Bodhisatta.¹