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Godatta2

Person

श्रीलंका के कल्याणी-महाविहार के प्रमुख, जो सूर्य की छाया से भोजन का समय इतनी सटीकता से नियत करते थे कि स्थानीय लोग उनकी गतिविधियों के अनुसार अपना समय-सारणी बनाना सीख गए

An incumbent of Kalyāṇi-mahāvihāra in Sri Lanka. He would procure his food when the shadow of the sun was two inches long and eat it when it was but one inch. Even when no sun was to be seen, he knew the time exactly. The people discovered this by watching him and set their “clocks” by his movements. MA.i.100.

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