Pāli Dictionary

Godatta2

Person

斯里蘭卡迦梨耶尼大寺住持,憑日影精準掌握用齋時刻,當地民眾竟依其作息來校準自己的時間。

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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