[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) › 40.38 # 佛祖統紀 40.38 佛祖統紀 40.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [40.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.38) 天寶元年。西域康居（音渠）大石五國。入寇安西（唐朝置安東安西安南安北四府）帝召不空三藏入內。持誦仁王護國密語。上親秉香罏。方二七遍。上見神人可五百餘立於殿廷。師曰。此北天毘沙門王第二子獨健。副陛下禱往救安西。請設食發遣。四月安西奏云。二月十一日。城東北黑雲中見金甲人身丈餘。空中皷角聲振天地。寇人帳幙間有金鼠齧斷弓弦。五國即時奔潰。須臾見城樓上天王見形。上令驗之。即誦呪日也（今城樓軍營立天王者因此）。 > In the first year of Tianbao, five kingdoms of the Western Regions, including Kangju and the Dashi, invaded Anxi (the Tang dynasty established the four protectorates of Andong, Anxi, An'nan, and Anbei). The Emperor summoned Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra into the palace to recite the esoteric spells of the Renwang huguo jing. The Emperor personally held the incense burner. When he had completed just twice seven recitations, the Emperor saw over five hundred divine beings standing in the palace courtyard. The Master said, 'This is Dujian, the second son of King Vaiśravaṇa of the northern heavens. Accompanying Your Majesty's prayer, he has gone to rescue Anxi. Please provide an offering of food to dispatch him.' In the fourth month, Anxi sent a memorial saying, 'On the eleventh day of the second month, within black clouds to the northeast of the city, there appeared a man in golden armor over ten feet tall. In the sky, the sounds of drums and horns shook heaven and earth. Among the enemy tents, golden mice gnawed through their bowstrings. The five kingdoms immediately collapsed and fled. In an instant, the Heavenly King was seen manifesting his form above the city gate-tower.' When the Emperor ordered this verified, it coincided precisely with the day the dhāraṇī was recited (the present custom of installing Heavenly Kings on city gate-towers and military camps originates from this). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 40.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.37) - [Next: 40.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.39) - [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.40.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.38) · Pramāṇa