[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) › [中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899) › 2.37 # 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.37 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.37) 又寺大院四角內各有一院。西北角地神堅牢，云是女神，部屬八十億。當門立大神像。神問佛曰：「自古諸佛皆有鬼神形像，世尊來年滅度，何以不教作之，護持伽藍弟子遺法？」佛命淨居天作地神堅牢、散脂大將。用天金作，形如真神。佛滅度後二十六年，龍剋木代之，金像將入大海宮。後三院像亦爾。 > Furthermore, within each of the four corners of the Great Courtyard of the monastery, there is a courtyard. In the northwest corner is the Earth Deity Dṛḍhā, said to be a female deity with eighty billion subordinates. A great spirit image is erected facing the gate. The deity asked the Buddha: 'From ancient times all Buddhas have had images of ghosts and spirits. The World-Honoured One will enter nirvāṇa next year; why do you not instruct them to be made, to protect and maintain the saṅghārāma and the bequeathed teaching of your disciples?' The Buddha ordered the Śuddhāvāsa devas to make \[images of\] the Earth Deity Dṛḍhā and General Pāñcika. Made of heavenly gold, their forms were like true spirits. Twenty-six years after the Buddha's nirvāṇa, nāgas carved wood to replace them, and the golden images were brought into the palace of the great ocean. The images in the following three courtyards are also like this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.36) - [Next: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.38) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899~en-mt.2.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.37) · Pramāṇa