Mahātissa13
PersonThe incumbent of the Mahāvihāra expelled for excessive association with lay families, an event that led his pupil Bahalamassutissa to secede and found a new sect at Abhayagiri.
An incumbent of the Mahāvihāra. He was expelled by reason of his association with families. His pupil Bahalamassutissa thereupon seceded from the Mahāvihāra and established a new sect in Abhayagiri. Mhv.xxxiii.95 ff.
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