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madhye pita-ghrta-sikta saly-annera stupa

cari-dike vyanjana-donga, ara mudga-supa

SYNONYMS

madhye—in the middle; pita—yellow; ghrta-sikta—wet with clarified butter; sali-annera—of very fine cooked rice; stupa—a mound; cari-dike—surrounding the mound of rice; vyanjana-donga—vegetable pots; ara—and; mudga-supa—dal made of split mung.

The cooked rice was a stack of very fine grains nicely cooked, and in the middle was yellow clarified butter from the milk of cows.

Surrounding the stack of rice were pots made of the skins of banana trees, and in these pots were varieties of vegetables and mung dal.