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仁王般若經疏 1.21

仁王般若經疏 1.21

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Classical Chinese

1.21

耆闍崛山中者,王舍城有六精舍:一竹園精舍,在平地,迦園陀長者之所造,去城西北三十里;二少力獨上山精舍;三七葉穴山精舍;四四天王穴山精舍;五蛇穴精舍;六祇闍崛山精舍,此翻鷲頭山,耆闍名鷲,崛名頭,此山頂似鷲,王舍城人見其似鷲故因傳名鷲頭山。又王舍城南多諸尸陀林,鳥獸來食,多集諸鷲鳥,故云鷲頭山也。五山者,東方象頭、南方馬頭、西方羊頭、北方師子頭、中央鷲頭也。

As for "on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa": in Rājagṛha there are six monasteries: first, the Bamboo Grove Monastery, on flat ground, built by the elder Kalandaka, thirty li northwest of the city; second, the Small-Strength Sole-Ascent Mountain Monastery; third, the Saptaparṇa Cave Mountain Monastery; fourth, the Cave Mountain Monastery of the Four Heavenly Kings; fifth, the Serpent Cave Monastery; sixth, the Gṛdhrakūṭa Mountain Monastery, translated here as Vulture Peak Mountain—gṛdhra means vulture, kūṭa means peak; this mountain summit resembles a vulture, and the people of Rājagṛha, seeing that it resembled a vulture, consequently handed down the name Vulture Peak Mountain. Furthermore, south of Rājagṛha there are many śmaśānas (charnel grounds) where birds and beasts come to feed, and many vultures gather there; hence it is called Vulture Peak Mountain. The five mountains are: Elephant Head in the east, Horse Head in the south, Sheep Head in the west, Lion Head in the north, and Vulture Peak in the center.

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