Sunanda draft

Sunanda 01. Father of Padumuttara Buddha. Dhp­a.i.417; but Ja.i.37 and Bv.xi.19 call him Ānanda. He became an ascetic and the Buddha preached to him. In this life he was Puṇṇa Mantānīputta. Thag­a.i.361f.

Sunanda 02. Sunanda Khattiya. Father of Koṇḍañña Buddha. Ja.i.30; Bv.iii.25.

Sunanda 03. A village, where Yasodharā gave a meal of milk-rice to Koṇḍañña Buddha. Bv­a.108.

Sunanda 04. An Ājīvaka who gave grass for his seat to Koṇḍañña Buddha. Bv­a.108.

Sunanda 05. An Ājīvaka who gave grass for his seat to Sujāta Buddha. Bv­a.168.

Sunanda 06. An Ājīvaka who gave grass for his seat to Dīpaṅkara Buddha. Bv­a.68.

Sunanda 07. The park where Anomadassī Buddha was born. Bv­a.141.

Sunanda 08. A disciple of Dhammadassī Buddha. Ap.i.196.

Sunanda 09. A palace of Vipassī Buddha, in his last lay life. Bv.xx.24.

Sunanda 10. A Brahmin in the time of Padumuttara Buddha; a former birth of Nīta Thera (Pupphachadanīya). Thag­a.i.181; Ap.i.166.

Sunanda 11. A Brahmin, who gave an umbrella to Sāriputta. Ap.i.266.

Sunanda 12. Son of King Añjasa. Once, while riding the elephant Sirika, he saw the Pacceka Buddha Devala, and drove the elephant against him. He was a previous birth of Upāli. Thag­a.i.367f.

Sunanda 13. A king of thirty-seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Akkantasaññaka. Ap.i.212.

Sunanda 14. A charioteer of the king of Kāsi, in the Mūgapakkhajātaka (Ja 538, Ja.vi.10ff). He is identified with Sāriputta.

Sunanda 15. A charioteer of King Sivi in the Ummadantījātaka (Ja 527). He is identified with Ānanda. Ja.v.227.

Sunanda 16. A king of Surabhi in the time of Maṅgala Buddha; the Buddha preached to him. Bv.iv.6; Bv­a.119f.

Sunanda 17. A city. See Naradeva (2).

Sunandā 01. An Aggasāvikā of Dīpaṅkara Buddha. Ja.i.29; Bv.ii.214.

Sunandā 02. Mother of Dhammadassī Buddha. Ja.i.39; Bv.xvi.13.

Sunandā 03. Wife of Kassapa Buddha, in his last lay life (Bv.xxv.36). She gave him milk-rice before his Awakening. Bv­a.218.

Sunandā 04. One of the chief women supporters of Atthadassī Buddha. Bv.xv.21.

Sunandā 05. One of the chief women supporters of Kakusandha Buddha. Bv.xiiii.22.

Sunandā 06. Wife of Ekarājā (Ja.vi.134). See the Khaṇḍahālajātaka (Ja 542).

Sunandā 07. A garland-maker’s daughter of Rājagaha. She was a Sotāpanna and daily visited the Thūpa built by Ajātasattu in Rājagaha, offering to it flowers and garlands sent by her father. On fast days she would go of her own accord. When she died, she was reborn in Tāvatiṁsa in the retinue of Sakka, and when questioned by him, recounted her actions in the past. Sakka related the story to Vaṅgīsa, who, in his turn, told it to the saṅgītikārakas. Vv.iii.9; Vv-a.170f.

Sunandā 08. A celestial musician or a musical instrument. Vv-a.93, 96, 211, 372.