[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c21.698 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.698 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.698 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.698](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.698) 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. - [Previous: v1.c21.697](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.697) - [Next: v1.c21.699](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.699) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.698](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.698) · Pramāṇa