Mahātissa11
PersonThe incumbent of Kambugallaka monastery who, together with his colleague Mahātissa of Kupikkala, persuaded King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī’s ministers not to abandon him, and was later put in charge of the monasteries they had built.
Incumbent of Kambugallaka-vihāra. He was a colleague of Kupikkala Mahātissa, and interceded on behalf of Vaṭṭagāmaṇī when that king’s ministers wished to leave him. Later, the ministers appointed him to look after all the monasteries built by them. Mhv.xxxiii.76, 89 ff; MT. 619, 622.
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