The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c17.6

c17.6

Even the king’s cook (rañño sûda V. 292) does not hold an insignificant position in the royal household, at least not in that of a king who was such a “gourmand” as King Bhojanasuddhika,¹ whose dinners cost, according to the description in the Dûta Jâtaka (II. 319), 100,000 every time and consisted of a hundred different dishes. Still in the Kusa Jâtaka, the occupation of a cook is described as one to be practised by slaves or hired labourers (dāsakammakarehi kattabbam. V. 293).