Pāli Dictionary

Tissa6

Person

මහත් ඍද්ධි ඇති බ්‍රහ්මයෙකු ලෙස පුනර්භවය ලැබූ භික්ෂුවක්, උපත ලැබූ ඉක්බිතිව මහා මොග්ගල්ලාන හිමියන් පැමිණ මුක්තිය සහතික දෙවියන් හා බ්‍රහ්මයන්ගේ ඉරණම පිළිබඳ විචාළහ.

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great psychic powers. Mahā-Moggallāna visited him soon after his birth in the Brahma-world and asked him questions about devas and Brahmas who were assured of salvation.⁸ He was evidently the Tissa mentioned as being present at the Mahāsamaya.⁹

DN 20

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