[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.c21.731 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.731 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.731 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.731](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v1.c21.730](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.730) - [Next: v1.c21.732](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.732) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.731](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.731) · Pramāṇa