[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 36.37 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 36.37 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 36.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.37) 疏「唯天依住」者，《俱舍》頌云「妙高層有四，相去各十千，傍出十六千，八四二千量。堅手及持鬘，恒憍天王眾，如次居四級，亦住餘七山。」釋曰：謂始從水際盡第一層，相去十千，傍出十六千。上三層級，向上相去數同，傍出漸減一半。第二層八千，三即四千，四即二千，向上漸狹。此四層級，直上方盡妙高下半四萬踰𮜖那。第一級有藥叉神，名為堅首，乃至第四是四天王，餘皆四王管，故云唯天依住。妙高頂八方復三十三天居，故皆天住。疏「波利質多羅能益天眾」者，波利，此云遍也，亦曰周匝。質多羅，此云間錯莊嚴。言此樹眾雜色華周匝莊嚴，或云圓妙莊嚴，即《俱舍》園生樹也。故《俱舍》云「東北園生樹，西南善法堂。」論釋云「其園生樹，槃根深廣五十踰𮜖那，聳幹上升枝條傍布，高廣量等百踰𮜖那。挺葉開華妙香芬馥，順風熏滿百踰𮜖那，若逆風熏猶遍五十。是諸天眾遊樂之所。」餘文可知。 > Regarding the Commentary's statement, "Inhabited solely by devas": the Kośa verse says: "Wondrous-High has four tiers, each spaced ten thousand \[yojanas\] apart, projecting outward sixteen thousand, and quantities of eight, four, and two thousand. The Firm-Handed, Garland-Bearers, and Ever-Intoxicated deva-king hosts dwell respectively on the four tiers, and also inhabit the other seven mountains." Explanation: This means from the water's edge up to the end of the first tier, the distance is ten thousand, projecting outward sixteen thousand. For the three tiers above, the upward distance is the same in number, while the outward projection decreases by half progressively. The second tier is eight thousand, the third is four thousand, the fourth is two thousand, tapering progressively upward. These four tiers directly upward cover the lower half of Wondrous-High, forty thousand yojanas. On the first tier there are yakṣa spirits called Firm-Handed, and so on up to the fourth, which is the Four Heavenly Kings; the rest are all governed by the Four Heavenly Kings, hence it says "inhabited solely by devas". At the peak of Wondrous-High, in the eight directions, thirty-three heavens additionally reside; therefore all are inhabited by devas. Regarding the Commentary's statement, "The pārijātaka is able to benefit the hosts of devas": pāri here is translated as 'everywhere' or 'encircling'; jātaka (citra) is translated as 'variegated adornment'. This means that the multicolored flowers of this tree encircle and adorn it, or it is called 'round and wondrous adornment'; this is the Garden-Born Tree of the Kośa. Thus the Kośa states: "In the northeast is the Garden-Born Tree; in the southwest is the Hall of Good Dharma." The commentary on the treatise explains: "Its Garden-Born Tree has coiled roots fifty yojanas deep and wide; its trunk ascends aloft, its branches spread outward, its height and breadth equaling one hundred yojanas. Sprouting leaves and blossoming flowers, its wonderful fragrance is rich and sweet; wafting with the wind, it fills one hundred yojanas, and wafting against the wind, it still pervades fifty. It is the place where the hosts of devas disport and take pleasure." The rest of the text is self-evident. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.36) - [Next: 36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.38) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.36.37) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [阿毘達磨順正理論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa!nyayanusara*zh-xuanzang.31.23) — Classical Chinese - [阿毘達磨俱舍論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa!bhasya*zh-xuanzang.11.23) — Classical Chinese - [阿毘達磨藏顯宗論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.darsana.abhidharma.abhidharmakosa!abhidharmakosasastrakarikabhasya*zh-xuanzang.16.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.36.37) · Pramāṇa