Putigatta Tissa, Pūtigatta-tissa: 1 definition
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Putigatta Tissa means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA young man of Savatthi, of good family. After he joined the Order an eruption broke out on him which covered his whole body with sores. His fellow monks, unable to look after him, abandoned him. When the Buddha discovered this, he boiled some water and washed Tissa with his own hands and cleaned and dried his garments. When Tissa felt comforted the Buddha preached to him, and Tissa became an arahant. In a past birth he had been a fowler and had killed many birds, of which he sometimes first broke the bones to prevent them from flying away. One day he had given alms to an arahant. DhA.i.319 ff.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 41 - The Story of Tissa, the Monk with a Stinking Body < [Chapter 3 - Citta Vagga (Mind)]
The Buddha and His Teachings (by Narada Thera)