An Elder of Ceylon (Tambapanni). Once, in a time of famine, sieben hundert Mönche came to ihm early in the day. Realising that he could not get alms anywhere in Ceylon, he took them across to Pātaliputta by the power of sein iddhi. Before he started the Mönche asked ihm the time, und when he told them they said, "But, Sir, Pātaliputta is far off!" "Friends, aged elders seize the distance und make it near." "Where is the ocean, Sir?" "Friends, that was the dark ditch you passed on the way!" "But, Sir, the ocean is large!" "Friends, aged elders make the great small." (Vsm.403). The Majjhima Kommentar (ii.758) mentions a Gavilangana-vāsi Cūlasammuda who, when asked what he wished for, answered, "Lokuttara things only."