Tiramsiya-Thera.-An arahant. In a previous birth he was a hermit. He saw the Buddha Siddhattha and spoke verses in praise of him, extolling his lustre as surpassing that of the sun and of the moon. Sixty-one kappas ago he was a king named Ñānadhara. Ap.i.256f.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from