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Sumana

Chinese translation: 善意佛

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English term or phrase:Sumana
Chinese translation:善意佛
Entered by: Gloria (Shufen) Huang (X)

02:26 Jul 1, 2015
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Religion / Buddhism
English term or phrase: Sumana
Sumana 是哪一位早期的佛？
TGG
United States
Local time: 20:39
善意佛
Explanation:
According to the first web reference, Sumana is the fourth of the 24 Buddhas. According to the second web reference, the fourth of the 24 Buddhas is 善意佛. When you compare the first definition of the word "sumana" in the first reference with the Chinese description in the second reference, you can find that they are almost exactly the same. Hence, Sumana is 善意佛.
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Gloria (Shufen) Huang (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 08:39
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4善意公主
Xiangwei Chen
4善意佛
Gloria (Shufen) Huang (X)


  

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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sumana
善意公主


Explanation:
Sumana，（su好+mana心），【形】高興的。sumanapuppha，【中】茉莉花（=vassikā）。sumanamakula，【中】茉莉花蕾。sumanamālā，【陰】茉莉花環。【人名】善意公主（Sumanā rājakumārī），波斯匿王（King Kosala）的女兒。她在在觀慧佛（Vipassi Buddha）時期，曾佈施了一種名爲茉莉花與乳飯，給以觀慧佛爲首的僧團後，她發願：“bhavābhavābhinibbattiyaṁ me sati paritassanajīvitaṁ nāma mā hotu，ayaṁ Sumanamālā viya nibbattanibbattaṭṭhāne piyāva homi，nāmena ca Sumanāyevā”ti （無論投生至何處，願我生活無憂。無論投生至何處，願我是個如此花般人見人愛的女人，願我名爲‘善意’。）（《增支部注》AA．5．31．/III，239．）。


    https://palidictionary.appspot.com/zh_CN/browse/s/sumana
Xiangwei Chen
China
Local time: 08:39
Native speaker of: Chinese
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
善意佛


Explanation:
According to the first web reference, Sumana is the fourth of the 24 Buddhas. According to the second web reference, the fourth of the 24 Buddhas is 善意佛. When you compare the first definition of the word "sumana" in the first reference with the Chinese description in the second reference, you can find that they are almost exactly the same. Hence, Sumana is 善意佛.


    https://palidictionary.appspot.com/zh_CN/browse/s/sumana
    Reference: http://dhammavihari86.pixnet.net/blog/post/40593610
Gloria (Shufen) Huang (X)
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