A young brahmin during the time of the Buddha Dīpaṅkara, he was past life of the Buddha Śākyamuni in which he received his prophecy of awakening.

Lit. “Cloud.” A brahmin boy, a past life of the Buddha Śākyamuni during the time of the Buddha Dīpaṅkara, from whom he received a prophecy of his future awakening. In other iterations of the story he is known in Sanskrit as Sumati, and in Pali as Sumedha.