[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) › v2.c31.1240 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1240 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1240 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1240) Mahāgatimbiya-Tissadatta (v.l. Mahāgatigamiya-Tissadatta).—A Thera. He once went over from Ceylon to India to worship the Bodhi-tree. While crossing, seeing only the waters round him, he fell to wondering which was the more extraordinary, the sound of the ocean waves or the method of the twenty-four divisions of the Paṭṭhāna. The limits of the great ocean then became apparent to him.¹ - [Previous: v2.c31.1239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1239) - [Next: v2.c31.1241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1241) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1240) · Pramāṇa