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In Buddhism in the Mahaparinibbana Sutta of the Pali canon, Kunda or Cunda was a blacksmith who gave the last meal as an offering to Buddha. Falling violently ill, The Buddha instructed his attendant Ānanda to convince Cunda that the meal eaten at his place had nothing to do with his passing and that his meal would be a source of the greatest merit as it provided the last meal for a Buddha. Buddha recovered from his illness before he attained parinirvana.
The precise contents of the Buddha's final meal are not clear, due to variant scriptural traditions and ambiguity over the translation of certain significant terms; the Mahayana tradition generally believes that the Buddha was offered some sort of truffle or other mushroom, while the Theravada tradition believes that the Buddha consumed some kind of pork. These may reflect the different traditional views on Buddhist vegetarianism and the precepts for monks and nuns.
Cunda may refer to:
- Cunda (Buddhism), blacksmith who served Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, his last meal
- Cunda Island (''Alibey Island'), island in Ayvalık, Turkey