Sunetta untranslated

Sunetta 01. Aggasāvaka of Sobhita Buddha (Bv.vii.21; Ja.i.35). He was the Buddha’s step-brother and his first convert. Bv­a.137.

Sunetta 02. Sunetta Thera. Attendant of Dhammadassī Buddha Ja.i.39; Bv.xvi.18.

Sunetta 03. A Pacceka Buddha. A man who had learnt the art of pelting stones with great skill, from the cripple of the Sālittakajātaka (q.v.), looking for a target for testing his skill, saw Sunetta entering the city for alms and aimed a pebble at his ear. The pebble went into one ear and out at the other, and the Pacceka Buddha died after suffering great pain. Men, who saw this, killed the stone thrower, and, after a sojourn in Avīci, he became a sledgehammer ghost in Gijjhakūṭa (Dhp­a.ii.71f; Pv.iv.16; Pv-a.283f).

On another occasion, the son of Kitavassa, king of Benares, saw Sunetta begging for alms, and, angered that he did not do him homage, took the begging bowl from Sunetta’s hand and dashed it to the ground. Pv.iii.2; iv.7; Pv-a.177f., 264.

Sunetta 04. A teacher of old. He had numerous disciples, and those who followed his teachings were reborn in the Brahma world and in various other worlds. Then Sunetta, seeing that some among his disciples were as good as himself, developed mettā to a much greater degree; but even so, he could not free himself from birth, old age, etc. It was because he had not comprehended Noble Conduct, Noble Concentration, Noble Wisdom, Noble Release. AN.iv.103f.; he is referred to at AN.iii.371; iv.135.

Sunettā. A Brahmin maiden of Asadisagāma, who gave a meal of milk-rice to Siddhattha Buddha. Bv­a.185.