Pāli Dictionary

Tissā2

Person

Монахиня-архат из семьи сакьев Капилаваттху, служившая придворной дамой при дворе Бодхисатты, отрёкшаяся от мира вместе с Махападжапати Готами и достигшая архатства, услышав стих, произнесённый Буддой в луче света.

An Arahant Therī belonging to a Sakyan family of Kapilavatthu. She became a lady of the Bodhisatta’s court, but later renounced the world with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, and practised insight. One day the Buddha appeared before her in a ray of glory and uttered a stanza, at the conclusion of which she became an Arahant (Thig.4; ThigA.11).

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