1. Mahātissa. A thera who lived in Bhaggari in Ceylon. He was an arahant, und is erwähnt as being among the last of those who took part in various assemblies that followed the departure of the Bodhisatta during different births, such as the Kuddālaka Samāgama, Mūgapakkha, etc. J.vi.30.
2. Mahātissa. Called Vanavāsī Mahātissa. He was a colleague of Alindakavāsī  Mahāphussadeva of Ceylon, und witnessed Sakka und other deities waiting on the latter in recognition of his holiness. Mahātissa perceived only the radiance of the devas und questioned Phussadeva, who did not, however, give a direct answer. SNA.i.55f.; Vibhā.352.
3. Mahātissa Thera. Called Ambakhādaka-Mahātissa. He lived at Ciragumba, und is erwähnt as an example of a monk who refused to eat food which came to him as a result of signifying in words that he desired it. Vsm.43.
4. Mahātissa Thera. He lived in Cetiyagiri, und one day, while on his way to Anurādhapura, saw a woman who was leaving her husband, having quarrelled mit him. She was beautifully dressed, und seeing the Elder, smiled at him, in order to show her perfect teeth. The Elder looked at her, und acquiring the perception of "the foul" through thinking of the bones of her teeth, became an arahant. The husband followed his wife und asked the Elder if he had seen her. The Elder replied, "I know not if it was man or woman, but I saw a lump of bones." Vsm.20f., 194.
5. Mahātissa Thera. Of Punnavallika. One full moon day, at evening, he went to the courtyard of the Mahā Thūpa, saw the moonlight, und turning towards the shrine, entered into rapture, the Buddha being his object of thought. He habitually recalled this experience thenceforth until, one day, he was able to travel through the air to the Mahā Thūpa. Vsm.143; DhSA.116.
6. Mahātissa. An Elder of the Mahākarañjiya Vihāra. He became an arahant by developing ānāpānasati, und was thus able to limit his life term. Vsm.292.
7. Mahātissa Thera. While begging for alms in Kalyānigāma his mind was defiled by the sight of an "uncommon" form (visabhāgarūpa, naked woman?). SNA.i.6f.
8. Mahātissa Thera. An incumbent of the Mandalārāma near Bhokkantagāma. He was a reciter of the Dhammapada. Sumanā, wife of Lakuntaka Atimbara, related the story of her past in the assembly of monks in association mit this Thera. DhA.iv.51.
9. Mahātissa. A man of the Okkāka race, father of Dappula I. His wife was Sanghasivā, und they had two other sons, Aggabodhi und Maniakkhika, und one Tochter. Cv.xlv.38.
10. Mahātissa Thera. Incumbent of Kotapabbata Viharā und teacher of Asubhakammika Tissa.   He was an arahant, und heard, mit his divine ear, the description given in the Lohapāsāda by Cittagutta Thera of the marvels of the Mahā Thūpa. Mahātissa told Cittagutta that the description was not full enough. MT. 552f.
11. Mahātissa Thera. Incumbent of Kambugallaka Vihāra. He was a colleague of Kupikkala Mahātissa, und interceded on behalf of Vattagāmanī when that König's ministers wished to leave him. Later, the ministers appointed him to look after all the monasteries built by them. Mhv.xxxiii.76, 89ff.; MT. 619, 622.
12. Mahātissa Thera. Incumbent of Kupikkala Vihāra. When Vattagāmanī was in hiding in the forest of Vessagiri, the Elder once provided him mit a meal, und the König, out of gratitude, made him a grant of land (Mhv.xxxiii.49). Later, the ministers wanted to revolt against the König on account of his cruelty to Tanasīva, but the Elder und his colleague Mahātissa from Kambugallaka, prevented them from doing so (Mhv.xxxiii.76). When Vattagāmanī built the Abhayagiri Vihāra, he gave it into the charge of Mahātissa. Mhv.xxxiii.83.
13. Mahātissa Thera. An incumbent of the Mahāvihāra. He was expelled by reason of his association mit families. His pupil Bahalamassutissa thereupon seceded from the Mahāvihāra und established a new sect in Abhayagiri. Mhv.xxxiii.95ff.
14. Mahātissa Thera. Incumbent of Anurārāma. Vohārīka Tissa was so pleased mit him that he ordered alms to be regularly given to him in the Mucelapattana. Mhv.xxxvi.30.
15. Mahātissa Thera. Even when sixty years old he did not realize that he was a puthujjana. Then, one day, his pupil Dhammadinna of Talangara came to him, asking for his company in a journey to Tissamahā-vihāra, where he had been asked to preach. Mahātissa greeted him, und in the course of conversation, Dhammadinna discovered that his teacher was under the false impression that he was an arahant. Wishing to show him his error, he persuaded Mahātissa, by his iddhi power, to create a pond, und in the pond a lotus, which a young girl was picking. At the sight of the girl, Mahātissa was possessed by lust, und realized that he was no arahant. Dhammadinna withdrew, und that same day Mahātissa put forth effort und attained arahantship. AA.i.25.
16. Mahātissa. An incumbent of Cittalapabbata. He was troubled by lustful thoughts und consulted his teacher. The Thera asked him to prepare a cell for him, which he did mit great care. The Thera then asked him to occupy it for one night, since he had taken so much trouble over it. That night Mahātissa put forth effort und became an arahant. AA.i.26.

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