佛祖統紀 5.10

5.10

(Collateral branch of Ānanda) The Venerable Madhyāntika was the leader of the five hundred ṛṣis of the Snow Mountains. When Ānanda wished to enter nirvāṇa, he reached the middle of the Ganges, and the earth shook violently. The ṛṣis, aware of this, flew through the air and arrived, all seeking to go forth from home. Ānanda then transformed the waters of the river entirely into golden ground. All five hundred ṛṣis were able to go forth from home and become arhats (Madhyāntika is translated as 'middle', because the ṛṣis received the precepts in the middle of the river). At that time Madhyāntika wished to enter nirvāṇa first. Ānanda instructed him, 'The Buddha prophesied that you shall establish the Buddha's Dharma in the kingdom of Kaśmīra.' After Ānanda entered nirvāṇa, Madhyāntika went to Kaśmīra, subdued the evil dragon, and upheld the Buddha's Dharma. When he was on the verge of nirvāṇa, he surged up into the air, displayed the eighteen transformations, and then entered extinction (Transmission of the Treasury of the Dharma).