金光明最勝王經疏 1.186

1.186

經　復有二萬八千龍王，蓮華龍王、𧫦羅葉龍王、大力龍王、大吼龍王、小波龍王、持駛水龍王、金面龍王、如意龍王，如是等龍王而為上首，於大乘法常樂受持，發深信心稱揚擁護。各於晡時往詣佛所，頂禮佛足，右繞三匝，退坐一面。

Sūtra: Furthermore, there were twenty-eight thousand nāgarājas: Padma Nāgarāja, Elāpatra Nāgarāja, Mahābala Nāgarāja, Mahānāda Nāgarāja, Alpataraṅga Nāgarāja, Śīghrasrotodhara Nāgarāja, Suvarṇamukha Nāgarāja, Cintāmaṇi Nāgarāja; with nāgarājas such as these as leaders, they constantly delighted in receiving and upholding the Great Vehicle Dharma, gave rise to deep faith, and praised and protected it. Each in the late afternoon went to the Buddha's presence, bowed at the Buddha's feet with heads to the ground, circumambulated him clockwise three times, and withdrew to sit to one side.