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Mahāvācakāla

A man who lived on the banks of the Mahāvālukagaṅgā. For thirty years he meditated on the thirty-two impurities of the body in the hope of becoming a Stream-winner. However, at the end of that period he gave up his meditations, renouncing the Buddha’s Doctrine as futile.

After death he was born as a crocodile in the river, and one day sixty carts laden with stone pillars started crossing the river at the crocodile’s ford (Kacchakatiṭṭha). The crocodile ate bulls, carts, and pillars. AA.i.367.

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera