Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.731

v1.c21.731

37. **Tissa.**—A thera of Sāvatthi, better known as Kuṭumbiyaputta-Tissa. He renounced forty crores of wealth and became a monk dwelling in the forest. His younger brother's wife sent five hundred ruffians to kill him. He begged them to spare his life for one night and broke his thigh-bone with a stone as token that he would not attempt to escape. During the night he overcame his pain and, dwelling on his virtues, became an arahant.¹