[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) › [華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870) › 3.98 # 華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章 3.98 華嚴經內章門等雜孔目章 3.98 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.3.98) 經云「阿耨達池流出四河，趣向大海。」《涅槃》復云「有其八河。」《阿含》、《婆沙》云「有二十河。」阿耨達池有四獸口，東有金象口，出恒伽河；西有銀牛口，出辛頭河；南有琉璃馬口，出悉陀河；北頗梨師子口，出博叉河。四各出至四十里外，分為五河，故為二十。佛在東面，多從名聞者，說東面五河，并三面本大河故，有八河也。《十住經》云「阿耨達池，出四大河。從四口出各繞池七匝，然後當方出向大海。其圍繞河，各相去一里，於中有種種名花異色莊嚴，並是阿耨達多龍王分齊境界處。」今佛引成地喻，由喻勝故顯法亦勝。餘義可知。 > The sūtra says: 'Lake Anavatapta flows forth into four rivers, which head toward the great ocean.' The Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\] further says: 'There are eight rivers.' The Āgamas and the Vibhāṣā say: 'There are twenty rivers.' Lake Anavatapta has four animal mouths: to the east is a golden elephant mouth, producing the Gaṅgā River; to the west is a silver bull mouth, producing the Sindhu River; to the south is a lapis lazuli horse mouth, producing the Sītā River; to the north is a crystal lion mouth, producing the Vakṣu River. The four each emerge up to forty li away and divide into five rivers, thus making twenty. When the Buddha was on the eastern side, he mostly spoke in accord with what was famed: speaking of the five eastern rivers together with the original great rivers of the three \[other\] sides, there are therefore eight rivers. The Daśabhūmika Sūtra says: 'Lake Anavatapta produces four great rivers. Emerging from the four mouths, each circles the lake seven times, and then proceeds toward its direction into the great ocean. The surrounding rivers are each one li apart from one another, and within them are various famous flowers and diverse color adornments; these are all the boundary realm of the dragon king Anavatapta.' Now the Buddha adduces this to form the simile of the bhūmis: because the simile is superior, it reveals that the Dharma is also superior. The remaining meanings can be known. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.3.97) - [Next: 3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.3.99) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870~en-mt.3.98) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1870.3.98) · Pramāṇa