Son of a Malla chief in Pāvā. He went to Kapilavatthu with his friends, Subāhu, Valliya and Uttiya, and there he saw the Twin Miracle and joined the Order, later attaining arahantship. (But see below.) At Rājagaha, Bimbisāra built a hut for him but forgot the roof. The gods prevented rain from falling till this error was rectified. Godhika and his friends had been companions in good deeds in the past, especially in the time of Siddhattha Buddha and of Kassapa Buddha. Eighty-seven kappas ago Godhika was seven times king, under the name of Mahāsena (Thag.vs.51; ThagA.i.123f; Ap.i.140).