Pāli Dictionary

Godatta2

Person

斯里兰卡迦梨耶尼大寺住持,凭日影精准掌握用斋时刻,当地民众竟依其作息来校准自己的时间。

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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