Sukaramadda\an ti n atitarunassa n atijinnassa ckajetthakasuka- 

 rassa pavajt:miam_sar]i. Tarn kira mudun c eva siniddhan ca hoti. 

 Tarn paliyadapctva sadhukam pacapctva'li atlho. (Colombo ed. of 

 the Sunian^alavifas\n\, Part 1.(1918) p. 395 adds within brackets); 

 [Eke bhananti; sukaramadda\arn pana muduodanassa pancago- 

 rasa- > usapa^ana\ idhanassa narriam etan'ti yatha gavapanam 

 nama pakanamam. Keci bhananti: sukaramaddavam nama 

 rasayanavidhi, tarn pana rasayanasatthe agacchati, tarn Cundena 

 Bhagavato parinibbanam na bhaveyya'ti rasayanam patiyattan'ti.] 



Translation: 



SukaranuHldava means meat available (in the market) of an excel- 

 lent (first-rate) pig neither too young nor too old. This is soft and 

 fatty. 'Having made it ready': having cooked it well is the sense. 

 (Some say: sukaranjudclava is the name for a culinary preparation 

 of soft rice nnade into a broth with the five products of the cow', 

 just asf^avapana is the name of a culinary preparation. Others say: 

 sukaraniacUlava is a chemical preparation [elixir], ll is found in 

 the science of chemistry. That chemical preparation [elixir] was 

 made by Cunda thinking that the parinlhhana of the Exalted One 

 might not take place.) 



The story of Cunda offering sukaramadclava to the Buddha 

 occurs exactly in the same way in another canonical Pali text, 

 Ucfana. The Paramatthajotika. Commentary on the Uchna 

 (Colombo 1920), p. 279, in explaining sukaramadclava gives 

 four different opinions: 



Sukajamaddavim'ti sukarassa mudusiniddham pavattamamsan'ti 

 Mahaatihakathavam vuttam. Keci pana sukaramaddavan'ti na 

 sukaramamsam, sukarehi madditavamsakaliro'ti vadanti. Anne* 

 sukarehi maddiujppadese Jatajri ahicchattan'ti, Apare pana sijka- 

 ramaddavam nama ekam rasayanan'ti bhanimsu. Tan hi Cundo 

 kammaraputto ajja Bhagava parinibbayissati'ti sutva appeva na- 

 ma nam paribhunjitva cirataram titthevva'ti Satthu ciraiTvituka- 

 m\atava adasi'li \adanti. 



I. Five products of the cow: 1) milk, 2) ciird, 3) buttermilk, 4) fresh butter 5) 

 clarified butter (ghee). W.R. [Walpola Rahula is a Buddhist monk of our day 

 and he renders in English the Sanskrit word pcuicagav} a i\s befits our times. In 

 the past, for millennia pcmcas^avya represented: 1) milk, 2) coagulated or sour 

 milk, 3) butter. 4) urine, and 5) dung. R.G.W.] 



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