Cūḷa Sumana untranslated

Cūḷa Sumana 01. Cūḷa Sumana Thera, Cūla Sumana Thera. An Elder of Ceylon, master of the Tipiṭaka and a well-known commentator His explanation, given at Lohapāsāda, of the meaning of ubhatobhāgavimutta is regarded as the most authoritative interpretation (DN­a.ii.514). The Visuddhimagga also mentions a Cūḷa Sumana, resident at Niṅkaponnakapadhānaghara on Cittalapabbata (p.364; see also Cūḷa Summa). He had discarded desire, and therefore the thought arose in him that he was a saint.

Cūḷa Sumana 02. Cūla Sumana. A householder of Ceylon who fell down dead when Piturājā (q.v.) looked at him and gnashed his teeth in anger. Vin-a.ii.440f.

Cūḷa Sumana 03. Cūla Sumana. A novice. In a past life he was the Sumana seṭṭhi, under whom Annabhārā (q.v.) worked. In this age he was born at Muṇḍa, near the Viñjhā mountains, as the son of Mahā Muṇḍa. When Anuruddha became an Arahant and looked back into his past lives he saw how Sumana had helped him. He therefore visited Mahā Muṇḍa and enjoyed his hospitality during one rainy season. At the end of his stay he obtained Muṇḍa’s consent to ordain Cūḷa Sumana, who became an Arahant while his head was being shaved. Once, when Anuruddha suffered from indigestion, the novice Sumana, having discovered that the water from Anotatta would cure him, went there and brought the water, in spite of all the efforts of the Nāga-king Paṇṇaka (q.v.) to prevent him. Later, Paṇṇaka, realising the novice’s power, asked his pardon and became his friend and servitor. When Anuruddha went with Sumana to Sāvatthī to visit the Buddha, some of the monks began to play with Sumana, patting his head and tweaking his ears. In order to show them Sumana’s power, Anuruddha asked Ānanda to summon all the novices in the monastery and ask them to fetch water from Anotatta that he might wash his feet. Only Sumana, the youngest of them all, was able to do this, and his fame spread beyond all measure (Dhp­a.iv.128ff).

Cūḷa Sumanā, Cūla Sumanā. A Therī of Ceylon, an eminent teacher of the Vinaya. Dpv.xviii.39.