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Godatta2

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스리랑카 깔야니 대사원의 원장으로, 해 그림자로 식사 시간을 정확히 재어 지역 주민들이 그의 움직임에 맞춰 자신들의 일정을 정하는 법을 배울 정도였다

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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