Sudhamma untranslated

Sudhamma 01. The city of birth of Sobhita Buddha. Bv.vii.16; Ja.i.35.

Sudhamma 02. A king, father of Sobhita Buddha. Bv.vii.16.

Sudhamma 03. The park in which Sobhita Buddha was born and in which he preached his first sermon. Bv.vii.16.

Sudhamma 04. A park in Sudhammavatī City, where Sujāta Buddha held his first assembly of monks. Bv­a.169.

Sudhamma 05. Sudhamma Thera. He lived in Macchikāsaṇḍa, in a monastery (the Ambāṭakārāma) provided by Citta. Citta used to invite Sudhamma to his house for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several eminent monks, visited Macchikāsaṇḍa and stayed in the monastery. Citta heard Sāriputta preach (and became a Sakadāgāmī, says the Dhammapada Commentary), and, at the end of the sermon, invited him and the monks to his house the next day. He also invited Sudhamma, but because he had been invited after the others, Sudhamma refused to go. Early the next day he visited Citta’s house to see what offerings had been prepared, and after seeing them, remarked that one thing was missing: sesame cakes (tilasaṅgulikā). Then Citta rebuked him, comparing him to a crow, the offspring of a cock and a crow. Sudhamma left the house in anger, and going to Sāvatthī, reported the matter to the Buddha. The Buddha blamed Sudhamma and said that the Saṅgha should pass the paṭisārānīyakamma on him. Sudhamma, thereupon, went to Macchikāsaṇḍa to ask pardon of Citta, but Citta would not forgive him. The Buddha then gave him a companion, and together they went to Citta, and Sudhamma again asked pardon for his fault. Citta pardoned him and asked to be pardoned himself (Vin.i.15-20; cf. Dhp­a.ii.74ff). Later Sudhamma became an Arahant. AN­a.i.210.

Sudhammā 01. An Aggasāvikā of Atthadassī Buddha. Bv.xv.20; Ja.i.39.

Sudhammā 02. The queen consort of Reṇu, king of Uttarapañcāla. See the Somanassajātaka (Ja 505). She is identified with Mahā Māyā. Ja.i.453.

Sudhammā 03. One of the four wives of Magha. When Magha and his companions were building a rest-house for travellers, they did not wish women to have any share in the work. But Sudhammā bribed the carpenter, who made a pinnacle of seasoned wood for the building and laid it aside with the words: “Sudhammā nāma ayaṁ sālā, this hall is called Sudhammā.” When the time for the erection of the pinnacle came, he told Magha and the others that it was impossible to make a pinnacle then, as it must be of well-seasoned wood. A search was started for a seasoned pinnacle. Sudhammā agreed to give hers if she were allowed a share in the building. The men were at first unwilling, but in the end gave their consent.

After death, Sudhammā, was born in Tāvatiṁsa, and, because of her merit in the past, there came into being for her Sudhammā, the Moot Hall of the Devas, nine hundred leagues in extent (Dhp­a.i.269f., 274f.; Ja.i.201f). There the Devas hold their meetings on the eighth day of each month, or when the Dhamma is preached, and also all their important festivals and gatherings (see, e.g., DN.ii.268; MN.ii.79; SN.i.221; Ja.vi.97, 126; Thag.vs.1198). All Buddhas preach the Abhidhamma in the Sudhammā-hall. It is said (Thag­a.ii.185) that every Devaloka has a Sudhammāsabhā; this title is often used in comparisons to denote a fine hall.

Sudhammā 04. The sixth daughter of Kikī, king of Benares. She is identified sometimes with Mahā Māyā (e.g., Ja.vi.481) and sometimes with Dhammadinnā, e.g., Ap.ii.546, 548; Thīg­a.104, 114.

Sudhammā 05. Sudhammā Therī. An Arahant. She lived in the time of Kassapa Buddha. At the Buddha’s wish, she took a branch of the Bodhi-tree with her and planted it in the Mahā Sāgaruyyāna in Ceylon. Dpv.xvii.19f.; Mhv.xv.147f.

Sudhammā 06. A class of Devas belonging to the Tāvatiṁsa Devanikāya. Vv-a.258.

Sudhammā 07. Mother of Sobhita Buddha. Bv.vii.16; Ja.i.35.