Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1617
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1617
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Ussiliya-Tissa Thera.—He was a resident of the Abhayagiri-vihāra. When the monks of this vihāra tried to introduce the Vaitulya heresy, he refused to be associated with them and went, with a few others, to Dakkhiṇagiri-vihāra. There they formed the Sāgaliya sect under a monk named Sāgala.¹