Mahātissa12
PersonLe supérieur du monastère de Kupikkala qui abrita le roi fugitif Vaṭṭagāmaṇī en lui offrant un repas, puis, avec son collègue de Kambugallaka, dissuada les ministres du roi de se révolter ; il fut ensuite chargé du monastère d’Abhayagiri.
Incumbent of Kupikkala-vihāra. When Vaṭṭagāmaṇī was in hiding in the forest of Vessagiri, the elder once provided him with a meal, and the king, out of gratitude, made him a grant of land (Mhv.xxxiii.49). Later, the ministers wanted to revolt against the king on account of his cruelty to Tanasīva, but the elder and his colleague Mahātissa from Kambugallaka, prevented them from doing so (Mhv.xxxiii.76). When Vaṭṭagāmaṇī built the Abhayagiri-vihāra, he gave it into the charge of Mahātissa. Mhv.xxxiii.83.
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