Suyāma untranslated

Suyāma 01. One of the eight Brahmins consulted at the birth of the Buddha to predict his future. Ja.i.56; Mil.236.

Suyāma 02. A Devaputta, chief of the Yāma Devas (AN.iv.242; DN.i.217). The courtesan, Sirimā, was reborn after death, as the wife of Suyāma (Snp­a.i.244). When the Buddha descended from the Deva world to earth, at Saṅkassa, Suyāma accompanied him, holding a yak-tail fan (vālavījana). Dhp­a.iii.226; Vsm.392; cf. Bv­a.239; Ja.i.48, 53; Mhv.xxxi.78.

Suyāma 03. A king of Benares, son of Puthuvindhara. His son was Kikī Brahmadatta. Thag­a.i.151.

Suyāma 04. Suyāma Thera (Suyāmana Thera) He belonged to a Brahmin family of Vesālī and was expert in the three Vedas. He saw and heard the Buddha at Vesālī, and, having entered the Saṅgha, attained Arahant-ship while his head was being shaved.

Ninety-one kappas ago he was a Brahmin of Dhaññavatī, and, having invited Vipassī Buddha to his house, gave him a seat spread with flowers. He was once a king, called Varadassana (Thag.74; Thag­a.i.165f). He is evidently identical with Kusumāsaniya of the Apadāna. Ap.i.160.