Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.354

v2.c34.354

2. Loṇagiri.—A vihāra in Ceylon, near Mahākhīragāma (*v.l.* Mahā-girigāma). In the Commentaries¹ we find two stories about a monk named Tissa, who lived there. Once, five hundred monks, on their way to Nāgadīpa, reached Khīragāma and went into the village for alms, but returned with empty bowls. When Tissa discovered this, he went into the village, whence he shortly returned with his bowl full of milk-rice, which he served to the five hundred monks, keeping some for himself. When asked whether he possessed supernormal power, Tissa replied that he practised Sārāṇīyadhammā, as a result of which his bowl was never empty even after he had served as many as one thousand monks from it.