[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) › 40.42 # 佛祖統紀 40.42 佛祖統紀 40.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [40.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.42) 五載。師子國遣使來朝獻貝葉大般若經瓔珞白㲲。五勅不空三藏居鴻臚寺。入內為帝行灌頂法。時久不雨。師立壇作法。大雨遍洽。復禁止大風。風即隨止。六載。勅天下僧尼屬兩街功德使。始令祠部給牒用綾素。勅天下寺院。擇真行童子。每郡度三人。 > In the fifth year, Siṃhala sent an envoy to court to offer palm-leaf manuscripts of the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra, necklaces, and white cotton cloth. / An edict ordered Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra to reside at the Court of State Ceremonial and enter the palace to perform the abhiṣeka ritual for the Emperor. At that time, there had long been no rain; the Master erected an altar and performed the ritual, whereupon heavy rain fell everywhere. He also forbade a great wind, and the wind immediately ceased accordingly. / In the sixth year, an edict placed monks and nuns throughout the empire under the Commissioners of Merit and Virtue of the Two Streets. For the first time, ordination certificates issued by the Bureau of Sacrifices were ordered to use damask silk. An edict ordered monasteries throughout the empire to select youths of genuine practice, ordaining three persons in each commandery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 40.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.41) - [Next: 40.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.43) - [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.40.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.40.42) · Pramāṇa