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## Third Rebirth: Description of the Men of the Ekahohaka Island
[307] O Bhagavan! How often do those women desire food?
Gautama! They desire food every other day, that is, on the fourth day.
[111] (15) O Bhagavan! What kind of food do those men eat?
Gautama! Those men of the Manaygana clan eat earth, flowers, and fruits, O Shraman!
O Bhagavan! What is the taste of that earth?
Gautama! It tastes like jaggery, sugar candy, sugar, mishri, lotus root, parpatmodak, sugar made from special flowers, sugar made from special lotuses, akositha, vijaya, maha-vijaya, adarshopama, anopma (these are special sweet substances).
Or, the taste of that earth is like the milk of four cows that have been milked four times and have been fed four times. The milk of these four cows is given to three cows, the milk of these three cows is given to two cows, and the milk of these two cows is given to one cow. The milk of that one cow is called four times transformed and four-fold transformed.
What is the taste of those flowers and fruits?
Gautama! The taste of those flowers and fruits is like the taste of a sweet dish made from four times transformed and four-fold transformed sugar candy, prepared with the best ingredients, and served in a forest with a hundred thousand trees, with a fragrant aroma, with a delicious taste, and with a sweet flavor. It is also like the taste of a sweet dish made from twenty, twenty, ten, ten, five, five, two, two, and one times transformed and four-fold transformed sugar candy.
Is that not so, O Shraman?
O Bhagavan! Those men of the Manaygana clan live in tree houses, O Shraman!
O Bhagavan! What are the features of those trees?
Gautama! Those trees have features like a cage, a viewing room, a roofed room, a hundred features, a feature of a tree, a feature of a gate, a feature of a tower, a feature of a wall, a feature of a balcony, a feature of a passage, a feature of a courtyard, a feature of a well, a feature of a pillar, a feature of a wall, and many other features that are suitable for resting, sleeping, and sitting. Those men of the Manaygana clan live in those trees, O Shraman!