Sumaṅgala
Buddhist monk · ancient India · c. 5th century BC
An early Buddhist monk. He is said to have been a poor farmer, living by sickle, plough and hoe, before he went forth.
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c. 5th century BC · The song of a monk who had been a farmer. It pairs with the nun Muttā's song of being freed from mortar and pestle.
Well freed, well freed, so well freed am I from three crooked things: from my sickles, from my ploughs, from my little hoes.
Sumuttiko sumuttiko, Sāhu sumuttikomhi tīhi khujjakehi; Asitāsu mayā naṅgalāsu mayā, Khuddakuddālāsu mayā.
Theragāthā (Verses of the Elder Monks) 1.43
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