Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word SUMANA

Definitions of SUMANA

1. (Buddhism) The name of the 7th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama.

Examples of Using SUMANA in a Sentence

• His court is said to have included Sona Kolivisa, Sumana (flower gatherer), Koliya (minister), Kumbhaghosaka (treasurer) and Jivaka (physician).
• The more recent restoration work of this stupa had begun in 1858 due to the efforts of Wepathaira Sumana Thera, who rediscovered Thissmaharama Vihara after making a pilgrimage to the area.
• His advisors included Sona Kolivisa, Sumana (flower gatherer), Koliya (minister), Kumbhaghosaka (treasurer) and Jīvaka (physician).
• Minister Devapathiraja in the reign of Parakramabahu II, built a Thirty-five cubit long (300 riyan) bridge and other thirty cubits long bridge across the Kanāmadirioya for facilitates the pilgrims of the route and also made a statue of God Sumana at Gampola city.
• Then the Buddha preached Dhamma to Sumana Saman, a leader in this area, to whom the Buddha gave a handful of his hair relic so that people could worship.
• Sumana Thera stayed two rainy seasons at Wat Phra Yuen just outside Lamphun at the invitation of King Kue Na while the latter had Wat Buppharam Dok Mai built.
• He had good number of disciples, among them Jyotipal Mahathera (Arunachal Pradesh), Tilaka Nanda Mahathera now president of Parbatya Bhikku Sangha, Prabarananda Mahathera (Subalong), Sumana Nanda Mahathera (Chengi), Subhachar Thera and many others.
• Participants included Manash Acharya (India), Syed Taufiq Riaz (India), Shondip Samaddar (India), and several artists from Bangladesh — Kanak Aditya, Rahul Ananda, Shawon Akand, Delwar Hossain, Polash Chowdhury, Tanzim Ahmed Bijoy, Shiek Sabbir Alam, Abdus Salam, Joya Shahrin Haque, ASM Sayeem, Tanjina Khanam, Abu Naser Robi, Polash Chokroborty, Maksuda Shopna, Shonjoy Chakroborti, Sumana, Anata Kumar Das, Waheduzzaman, Ashifuzzaman.
• As a result of this mission, the great arahant Mahinda who was the son of emperor Asoka was sent to Sri Lanka in order to establish Buddha Sasana (message of the Lord Buddha) with a group consisting of six arahants called Ittiya, Uttiya, Sambala, Bhaddasala, Novice Sumana (Sumana Samanera) and anagami layman Bhanduka (Bhanduka Upasaka).
• She curated a multimedia issue of e-journal Drunken Boat featuring a video clip of dance by Anita Ratnam, photographs by Naveen Kishore, translation by Arshia Sattar, and poems by Anupama Amaran, Arundhathi Subramaniam, David Need, Ellen Kombiyil, Menka Shivdasan
• Dole Open Space II; Tsamiya Pri Sch; Kyan Gyaran Pri Sch II; Yar Maraya; Kariya; Jeli I; Sumana; Unguwa Ibrahim - Primary School; Maijuntu; Damaga; Yaryasa - Primary School IV; Yarmariya - Primary School I; Yarmariya - Primary School II.
• In the ceremony, 26 films and 18 teledramas were nominated for the awards and three Signis International Awards were presented for actress Kanthi Lanka, Sumana Amarasinghe and film conservator and producer Tissa Nagodavithana.

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