Upatissa is a
Pali
Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist '' Pāli Canon'' or '' Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of '' Theravāda'' Bud ...
and
Sinhala name. It may refer to:
* An alternate name for
Sariputta, one of the chief male disciples of Gautama Buddha
**Upatissagāma, his birthplace, near
Rajgriha
Rajgir, meaning "The City of Kings," is a historic town in the district of Nalanda in Bihar, India. As the ancient seat and capital of the Haryanka dynasty, the Pradyota dynasty, the Brihadratha dynasty and the Mauryan Empire, as well as the ...
, in Magadha, India
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Upatissa (regent)
Upatissa was purohita to and a Chief government minister under King Vijaya of Sri Lanka. He built a city Upatissa Nuwara named after himself, which became the second Sinhalese kingdom in Sri Lanka.
He became the King of Upatissa Nuwara for a sh ...
, chief minister and member of Prince Vijaya's followers, Sinhalese regent of the Kingdom of Tambapanni (505 BC–504 BC)
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Arahant Upatissa
Arahant Upatissa (1st century CE – 2nd century CE) was a Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk and the author of ''The Path to Freedom'', or ''Vimuttimagga'', which serves as a Buddhist meditation manual, broadly considered a great and important ...
(Sri Lanka, 1st or 2nd century CE), the reputed author of the ''Vimuttimagga'', an ancient Buddhist meditation manual
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Upatissa I of Anuradhapura
Upatissa I was King of Anuradhapura in the 4th century, whose reign lasted from 370 to 412. He succeeded his father Buddhadasa as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Mahanama.
See also
* List of Sri Lankan monarchs
* History of ...
, King of Anuradhapura (370–412)
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Upatissa II of Anuradhapura
Upatissa II was King of Anuradhapura in the 6th century, whose reign lasted from 525 to 526. He succeeded Siva II as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by Silakala Ambosamanera.
See also
* List of Sri Lankan monarchs
* History of Sri Lanka ...
, King of Anuradhapura (525–526)
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Upatissa (Sri Lanka, 10th Century CE), reputed author of the ''
Mahabodhivamsa''
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Upatissa Gamanayake
Don Upatissa Gamanayake ( si, උපතිස්ස ගමනායක; 17 October 1948 – 13 November 1989), also known by his alias Dias Mudalali, was a Sri Lankan politician and the deputy leader of the Jantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during ...
(1948–1989), former deputy leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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Upatissagāma
Upatissagāma was the second capital of the Kingdom of Tambapanni, during the Pre Anuradhapura period of Sri Lanka. It was seven or eight miles further north of the previous capital Tambapaṇṇī, which was in present-day Puttalam. The city was ...
, capital of the Kingdom of Tambapanni in Sri Lanka
See also
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Tissa (disambiguation) Tissa may refer to:
;People
*Prince Tissa, Sinhalese regent of the Kingdom of Tambapanni (454 BC–437 BC)
*Vitashoka, the brother of Ashoka, called Tissa in the Southern Buddhist tradition
* Tissa (prince), viceroy of Vientiane, took part in Lao ...
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Sinhalese masculine given names
Sinhalese given names