<b> <c c="#a00149">Tissametteyya</c> </b> Tissa Metteyya<br>A disciple of Bāvarī. He visited the Buddha with his colleagues and when the Buddha answered his questions, he, and his thousand pupils became arahants. Tissa was his personal name and Metteyya that of his clan. <c c="#3b6bd3">Snp.1040–1042</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, comp) name of a Brahman ascetic Construction: tissa + metteyya