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Tissa (2nd)

Tissattheragāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theragāthā 1.97Verses of the Senior Monks 1.97
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3DasamavaggaChapter Ten

0.4TissattheragāthāTissa (2nd)

1.1“Hitvā satapalaṁ kaṁsaṁ,Giving up a hundred ounces of bronze,11.2Sovaṇṇaṁ satarājikaṁ;and a hundred grains of gold,21.3Aggahiṁ mattikāpattaṁ,I took a bowl made of clay:1.4Idaṁ dutiyābhisecanan”ti.this is my second initiation.

1.5… Tisso thero ….

Translator’s notes

  1. According to Olivelle (King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India), a pala is approximately 37.76 gm, roughly an ounce.

    ↩ thag1.97:1.1

  2. The rājika is the weight of a mustard seed, somewhat parallel to the “grain” in the Imperial system.

    ↩ thag1.97:1.2