Tissa may refer to:

People

  • Devanampiya Tissa of Anuradhapura, King of Anuradhapura
  • 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 rebellion (1826–1828)
  • Tissa Balasuriya (1924–2013), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest and theologian
  • Tissa Vitharana (1934–2026), Sri Lankan physician and politician
  • Tissa Wijeyeratne (1923–2002), former Sri Lankan barrister, diplomat and businessman

Places

  • Tissa, Germany, municipality in Thuringia, Germany
  • Tissa, Cameroon, settlement of the Bata people in North Region (Cameroon)
  • Tisza, tributary of the Danube
  • Tissa, India, village in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, and one of the twelve villages comprising the Saadat-e-Bara
  • Tissa, Morocco

See also

  • Upatissa (disambiguation)
  • Hermits Tissa and Thiha, Burmese Buddhist monks