Cunda Kammāraputta

Cunda Kammāraputta चुन्द कम्मारपुत्त
Cunda preparing pork, Wat Kasatrathiraj, Ayutthaya
Religious life
ReligionBuddhism
ProfessionSmith, Upasaka
Senior posting
TeacherGautama Buddha
Based inPāvā, kingdom of Malla

Cunda Kammāraputta was a smith who gave Gautama Buddha his last meal as an offering while he visited his mango grove in Pāvā on his way to Kuśīnagara. Shortly after having Cunda's meal, the Buddha suffered from fatal dysentery. The condition could have been Clostridial necrotizing enteritis due to a high protein (meat) diet.

Before entering the parinirvāṇa, the Buddha told Ānanda to visit Cunda and tell him that his meal had nothing to do with his getting ill, and therefore should feel no blame nor remorse; on the contrary, offering the Tathāgata his last meal before passing away was of equal gain as of offering him his first meal before attaining buddhahood, and thus he should rejoice.