Tissabhūti untranslated

Tissabhūti. A monk of Maṇḍalārāma in Ceylon, in the time of King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī (Vibh­a.448). He was evidently well versed in the Abhidhamma and it is said (Dhs­a.30) that he once explained the Padesavihārasutta so as to include various teachings of the Abhidhamma.

Once, while on his alms-rounds, he saw something which provoked desire in his heart. He immediately returned to his teacher and asked his advice as to how to conquer his disease. The teacher sent him to Mahā Saṅgharakkhita of Malaya, who gave him the asubhakammaṭṭhāna. That same night Tissabhūti became an Arahant at the foot of a sepaṇṇi tree. AN­a.i.23f.