The Long Āgama Sūtra 30.26
長阿含經 30.26
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30.26
「雪山埵出高百由旬,其山頂上有阿耨達池,縱廣五十由旬,其水清冷,澄淨無穢,七寶砌壘、七重欄楯、七重羅網、七重行樹,種種異色,七寶合成。其欄楯者,金欄銀桄,銀欄金桄,琉璃欄水精桄,水精欄琉璃桄,赤珠欄馬瑙桄,馬瑙欄赤珠桄,車𤦲欄眾寶所成。金網銀鈴,銀網金鈴,琉璃網水精鈴,水精網琉璃鈴,車𤦲網七寶所成。金多羅樹金根金枝銀葉銀果,銀多羅樹銀根銀枝金葉金果,水精樹水精根枝琉璃花果,赤珠樹赤珠根枝馬瑙葉馬瑙花果,車𤦲樹車𤦲根枝眾寶花果。
“Crags rises up a hundred yojanas from Mount Himavat. Lake Anavatapta is at the summit of that mountain. It’s fifty yojanas across with refreshing, clear, and unpolluted water. It has a stone wall made of seven treasures, seven balustrades, seven nettings, and seven rows of trees with all sorts of colors that are made of the seven treasures.
“Those balustrades have gold balusters with silver rails, silver balusters with gold rails, beryl balusters with crystal rails, crystal balusters with beryl rails, ruby balusters with emerald rails, emerald balusters with ruby rails, and coral balusters with rails made of many treasures.
“The gold netting has silver bells, the silver netting has gold bells, the beryl netting has crystal bells, the crystal netting has beryl bells, [the ruby netting has emerald bells, the emerald netting has ruby bells,] and the coral netting has bells made of many treasures.
“The gold tāla trees have gold roots and limbs and silver leaves, [flowers,] and fruit. The silver tāla trees have silver roots and limbs and gold leaves, [flowers,] and fruit. [The beryl trees have beryl roots and limbs and crystal leaves, flowers, and fruit.] The crystal trees have crystal roots and limbs and beryl [leaves,] flowers, and fruit. The ruby trees have ruby roots and limbs and emerald leaves, flowers, and fruit. [The emerald trees have emerald roots and limbs, and ruby leaves, flowers, and fruit.] The coral trees have coral roots and limbs, and [leaves,] flowers, and fruit made of many treasures.
Translations (2)
- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation