Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.792

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2. Tissā.—An arahant Therī belonging to a Sākyan family of Kapilavatthu. She became a lady of the Bodhisatta’s court, but later renounced the world with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, and practised insight. One day the Buddha appeared before her in a ray of glory and uttered a stanza, at the conclusion of which she became an arahant.¹