[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721) › 1.151 # 法華義疏 1.151 法華義疏 1.151 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.1.151) 「耆闍崛山」者，此云鷲頭山也。然此五山峯各有所像，今之一山似鷲頭，故以名鷲。佛滅度後，阿育王見其山頂似鷲，使人鑿作兩翅兩足及尾，故全如鷲鳥出。陸蹬《地理記》「城山相去凡十五里」。 > 'Gṛdhrakūṭa' here means 'Vulture Peak'. Now, the summits of these five mountains each resemble something. The present mountain resembles a vulture's head; hence it is named 'Vulture'. After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, King Aśoka saw that its summit resembled a vulture, and dispatched people to chisel out two wings, two feet, and a tail, so that it appeared entirely like a vulture bird. Lu Deng's \*Dili ji\* (\*Geographical Record\*) states: 'The city and the mountain are separated by a total of fifteen li.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.1.150) - [Next: 1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.1.152) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.1.151) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.1.151) · Pramāṇa