1. Mahātissa.– A thera who lived in Bhaggari in Sri Lanka. He was an Arahant, and is mentioned as being among the last of those who took part in various assemblies that followed the departure of the Bodhisatta during different births, such as the Kuddālaka Samāgama, Mūgapakkha Samāgama, etc. J.vi.30.
2. Mahātissa.– Called Vanavāsī-
3. Mahātissa Thera.– Called Ambakhādaka-
4. Mahātissa Thera.– He lived in Cetiyagiri, and one day, while on his way to Anurādhapura, saw a woman who was leaving her husband, having quarrelled with him. She was beautifully dressed, and seeing the elder, smiled at him, in order to show her perfect teeth. The elder looked at her, and acquiring the perception of “the foul” through thinking of the bones of her teeth, became an Arahant. The husband followed his wife and asked the elder if he had seen her. The elder replied, “I know not if it was a man or a woman, but I saw a lump of bones.” Vism.20 f., 194.
5. Mahātissa Thera.– Of Puṇṇavallika. One full-
6. Mahātissa.– An elder of the Mahākarañjiya-
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7. Mahātissa Thera.– While begging for alms in Kalyāṇigāma his mind was defiled by the sight of an “uncommon” form (visabhāgarūpa, naked woman?). SNA.i.6 f.
8. Mahātissa Thera.– An incumbent of the Maṇḍalārāma near Bhokkantagāma. He was a reciter of the Dhammapada. Sumanā, wife of Lakuṇṭaka Atimbara, related the story of her past in the assembly of monks in association with this Thera. DhA.iv.51.
9. Mahātissa.– A man of the Okkāka race, father of Dappula I. His wife was Saṅghasivā, and they had two other sons, Aggabodhi and Maṇi-
10. Mahātissa Thera.– Incumbent of Koṭapabbata-
11. Mahātissa Thera.– Incumbent of Kambugallaka-
12. Mahātissa Thera.– Incumbent of Kupikkala-
13. Mahātissa Thera.– 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.
14. Mahātissa Thera.– Incumbent of Anurārāma. Vohārīka Tissa was so pleased with him that he ordered alms to be regularly given to him in the Mucelapaṭṭana. Mhv.xxxvi.30.
15. Mahātissa Thera.– Even when sixty years old he did not realise that he was a worldling (puthujjana). Then, one day, his pupil Dhammadinna of Talaṅgara came to him, asking for his company in a journey to Tissa-
16. Mahātissa.– An incumbent of Cittalapabbata. He was troubled by lustful thoughts and consulted his teacher. The Thera asked him to prepare a cell for him, which he did with great care. The Thera then asked him to occupy it for one night, since he had taken so much trouble over it. That night Mahātissa put forth effort and became an Arahant. AA.i.26.