Pāli Dictionary

Mahātissa11

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Le supérieur du monastère de Kambugallaka qui, avec son collègue Mahātissa de Kupikkala, persuada les ministres du roi Vaṭṭagāmaṇī de ne pas l’abandonner, et fut ensuite chargé des monastères qu’ils avaient construits.

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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