[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 40.12 # 佛祖統紀 40.12 佛祖統紀 40.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.12) 先天元年。西天沙門婆羅請然燈供佛。帝御延熹門臨觀。燈輪高二十丈。點金銀燈五百盞。望之若華樹○菩提流志等進新譯寶積經百二十卷。御製聖教序以冠經首○十一月。賢首法師法藏亡。贈鴻臚卿葬神和原。 > In the first year of Xiantian \[712\], the Western Indian śramaṇa Poluo requested to light lamps as an offering to the Buddha. The emperor ascended the Yanxi Gate to watch. The lamp wheels were two hundred feet high, lit with five hundred gold and silver lamps, which appeared from afar like blossoming trees. > Bodhiruci and others presented the newly translated \*Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra\* in one hundred and twenty fascicles. The emperor personally composed an imperial preface to the holy teachings to crown the beginning of the scripture. > In the eleventh month, Dharma Master Fazang of Xianshou passed away; he was posthumously granted the rank of Chamberlain for Ceremonials and buried on the Shenhe Plateau. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.11) - [Next: 40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.13) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.40.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.12) · Pramāṇa