One-line: defeated king whose loss leads him to the Goddess and a future birth as a Manu.
First seen / best remembered: Book 5 owns his human story; Book 10 owns the payoff that he will be reborn as Savarni Manu (Book 5 retelling; atlas: ).
Who they are: Suratha is a king who loses his kingdom and cannot stop caring about it. That emotional hook matters: the text uses him to ask why attachment survives even when it hurts. His devotion wins him both restoration and a future cosmic role.
What they do that matters:
- Meets the merchant Samadhi at Sumedha’s hermitage.
- Learns the Goddess’s battle stories and worships her.
- Receives kingship and a future birth as Savarni Manu.
Other names: Savarni
Family / lineage (when relevant): Future eighth Manu.