Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.698
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.698
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23. Tissa-kumāra.—Brother of Asoka and his vice-regent. He once asked Asoka why monks were not joyful and gay and Asoka, in order to teach him the reason, gave him the throne for a week, saying that at the end of the week he would be put to death. Tissa then realised that monks, who had the constant consciousness of death, could not be merry.