Samiddhisummana
A Deva who lived in the rÄjÄyatana tree standing at the gate of Jetavana. He accompanied the Buddha on his second visit to Sri Lanka. In his last birth he had been a man in NÄgadÄ«pa, and seeing some Pacceka Buddhas eating their meal, had provided them with rÄjÄyatana branches with which to clean their bowls. The rÄjÄyatana-tree was held as parasol over the Buddha’s head on his journey to Sri Lanka and was left behind in KalyÄṇi for the NÄgas to worship. Mhv.i.52ff.
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