中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.27

1.27

North of the two compounds is a great compound, which within this great compound is further divided into four compounds. First, one compound on the southwestern side is named the Compound of Māra's Bestowal of Goods. Its gate opens to the east. When Māra first descends, he first enters this compound. Inside is a bell with seven ridges and seven corners, made of maṇi jewels, holding three hundred thousand hu. When humans and devas gather in great numbers at the Jetavana, the bhikṣu Aśvajit causes the demon son Priyadarśana to strike the bell, its sound heard throughout the great-thousand world. When Māra hears it, he leads eight hundred billion sons of Māra to descend, and there are also one hundred billion māra kings arriving simultaneously, holding jewels to offer to the Buddha. Those in the hells all immediately leave suffering. This bell vessel was made by an ancient Buddha before the Constellation Kalpa; after the Buddha passed away, a nāga collected it into the sea.