1. Sunanda. Father of Padumuttara Buddha. DhA.i.417; but J.i.37 and Bu.xi.19 call him Ananda.
He became an ascetic and the Buddha preached to him. In this life he was Punna Mantáníputta. ThagA.i.361f.
2. Sunanda Khattiya. Father of Kondañña Buddha. J.i.30; Bu.iii.25.
3. Sunanda. A village, where Yasodhará gave a meal of milk rice to Kondañña Buddha. BuA.108.
4. Sunanda. An Ajívaka who gave grass for his seat to Kondañña Buddha. BuA.108.
5. Sunanda. An Ajívaka who gave grass for his seat to Sujáta Buddha. BuA.168.
6. Sunanda. An Ajívaka who gave grass for his seat to Dípankara Buddha. BuA.68.
7. Sunanda. The park where Anomadassí Buddha was born. BuA.141.
8. Sunanda. A disciple of Dhammadassí Buddha. Ap.i.196.
9. Sunanda. A palace of Vipassí Buddha, in his last lay life. Bu.xx.24.
10. Sunanda. A brahmin in the time of Padumuttara Buddha; a former birth of Níta (Pupphachadaníya) Thera. ThagA.i.181; Ap.i.166.
11. Sunanda. A brahmin, who gave an umbrella to Sáriputta. Ap.i.266.
12. Sunanda. Son of King Añjasa. Once, while riding the elephant Sirika, he saw the Pacceka Buddha Devala, and drove the elephant against him. He was a previous birth of Upáli. ThagA.i.367f.
13. Sunanda. A king of thirty seven kappas ago, a previous birth of Akkanta-Saññaka. Ap.i.212.
14. Sunanda. A charioteer of the king of Kási, in the Múgapakkha Játaka (J.vi.10ff). He is identified with Sáriputta.
15. Sunanda. A charioteer of King Sivi in the Ummadantí Játaka. He is identified with Ananda. J.v.227.
16. Sunanda. A king of Surabhi in the time of Mangala Buddha; the Buddha preached to him. Bu.iv.6; BuA.119f.
17. Sunanda. A city. See Naradeva (2).