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1. Kumuda. A Niraya - strictly speaking, a period of suffering. It is equal to twelve Padumas.

The Kokālika monk was born in Kumuda-niraya. S.i.152f; see also Sn., p.126; SnA.ii.476.

2. Kumuda.One of the three palaces of Sobhita Buddha in his last lay life. Bu.vii.17.

3. Kumuda. A city. There an enemy of Piyadassī Buddha, Sona by name, made an unsuccessful attempt to kill him by means of the elephant Donamukha. Bu.xiv.6; BuA.174.


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