Pāli Dictionary

Godatta2

Person

スリランカのカリヤーニ大寺の長で、太陽の影で食事の時刻を正確に計ったため、地元の人々は彼の動きに合わせて自分たちの日課を定めるようになった

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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