Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.699

v1.c21.699

He later became a monk under Yonaka Mahādhammarakkhita and lived in the Asokārāma, where he prevented the murder of the theras by the minister sent by Asoka to make the monks hold the *uposatha* together. He became an arahant and, on account of his love of solitude, came to be known as Ekavihāriya.¹ 24. Tissa.—King of Kalyāṇī and father of Vihāramahādevī.¹ His brother Ayya-Uttika entered into an intrigue with the queen and was banished. He sent the queen a letter through an attendant to an arahant who was in the habit of visiting the palace. This letter fell into the hands of the king who suspected the arahant himself, owing to a similarity in his writing to that of the intriguer. The king ordered the arahant to be killed and cast into the sea. The devas, being offended, caused the sea to overflow the land. The total destruction of the country was only averted by the king sending his daughter Devī (afterwards Vihāramahadevi), to sea in a golden boat.²