Sumatī
Sumatī, “of good mind”
Sumatī is a name used for more than one person in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Sumatī (Mother of Kalki): the wife of the brāhmaṇa Vishṇuyaśa of Śambhala and mother of Bhagavān Kalki. Kalki Purāṇa, Prathamāṃśa, Chapters 1, 2
- Sumatī, Wife of Lava: the granddaughter of King Bhūrikīrti, who chose Lava, son of Rāma, at her svayaṃvara. Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Vivāha Kāṇḍa, Chapters 1, 2–4, 7 and 9
- Sumati Mahārāja: Sumati, a cakravartī of the lunar line, who raised a flag at Vishṇu‘s temple every dvādaśī. Nārada Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, Chapter 80
Named in passing
- Sumati, son of Bharata: the eldest son of Bharata Cakravartī and Pañcajanī, who followed the path of Ṛshabha, and whom men opposed to the Veda will in the Kali yuga imagine to be a devatā; told in Bharata Cakravartī. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 107, 380; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 5, Chapters 7, 15
- Sumatī, wife of Sagara: the wife of Sagara who bore sixty thousand proud sons; told in Sagara. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 8
- Sumati, son of Nṛga: a king of the line of Nṛga, son of Manu, and father of Bhūtajyoti; told in Ikshvāku Vaṃśa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 2
- Sumati, son of Somadatta: the son of Somadatta and father of Janamejaya; told in Ikshvāku Vaṃśa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 2
- Sumati, son of Rantibhāra: one of the three sons of Rantibhāra in the line of Pūru; told in Soma-Vaṃśa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 20
- Sumati, son of Supārśva: the son of Supārśva and father of Sannatimān, in the line of Dvimīḍha; told in Soma-Vaṃśa. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 21
- Sumati, son of Dyumatsena: a king of Magadha still to come, of the line of Bṛhadratha; told in Soma-Vaṃśa and Magadha. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 22
- Sumati, the ṛtvij: one of the thirty ṛtvijs at Yudhishṭhira‘s Rājasūya; told in Rājasūya Yajña (Bhāgavata Purāṇa). Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 10, Chapter 74