1. Sona Suttā. Two suttas, recording conversations between the Buddha and Sona-gahapati of Rājagaha. S.iii.48f.; iv.113.

2. Sona Sutta. Sona Kolivisa, living in Sītavana, despairs of ever attaining arahantship. The Buddha, on Gijjhakūta, becomes aware of this and visits him. The Buddha reminds him that when he was a vīnā player his vīnā sounded neither tuneful nor playable when the strings were either over-strung or over-lax. Even so, energy, when over-strung, ends in flurry, when over-lax, in idleness. Sona profits by the lesson and becomes an arahant. He then visits the Buddha and declares to him his new found vision. A.iii.374f.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from