Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.836

v1.c16.836

Cullapiṇḍapātiya(°pātika)-Tissa.—A monk mentioned in the Commentaries¹ in explaining the term mutta-muttaka. A certain lay-woman waited on him for twelve years. One day a fire broke out in the village and burnt her house, together with those of others. The monks who were fed at neighbouring houses went there to enquire whether anything had been served, but Tissa did not arrive until the mealtime, and when given a meal which the woman had prepared with great difficulty, ate it and went away without a word. The woman, however, was not a whit disturbed by the taunts of her neighbours.