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Sumedha Buddha

The eleventh of the twenty-four Buddhas.

• He was born in Sudassana,
• his father being the warrior (khattiya) Sudatta and
• his mother Sudattā.
• He lived in the household for nine thousand years, in three palaces, Sucanda, Kañcana (Koñca) and Sirivaḍḍha,
• his wife being Sumanā and his son Sumitta (Punabbasumitta).
• He left home on an elephant,
• practised austerities for eight months,
• was given a meal of milk-rice by Nakulā, and
• grass for his seat by the Ājīvaka Sirivaḍḍha.
• He obtained Enlightenment under a mahānimba (mahānīpa) tree.
• His body was eighty-eight cubits in height.
• His chief disciples were Saraṇa and Sabbakāma among monks
• and Rāmā and Surāmā among women.
• Sāgara was his personal attendant.
• His chief lay patrons were Uruvela and Yasava among men,
• and Yasodharā and Sirimā among women.
• He taught his first discourse at Sudassana, to his younger brothers.
• The Bodhisatta was the ascetic, Uttara.
• Sumedha lived for ninety thousand years and died in Medhārāma.
• His relics were scattered. Bu.xii.??; BuA.163 f.