釋迦譜 5.10

5.10

Then the king, wishing to build relic stupas, led his fourfold army to Rājagṛha, retrieved the relics from King Ajātaśatru's stupa for the Buddha, and then repaired this stupa so that it was no different from before. In this manner he retrieved the relics from the stupas of the seven Buddhas, until he arrived at the village of Rāmagrāma. At that time, the nāga kings led the king into the nāga palace. The king requested relics from the nāgas to make offerings to them, and the nāgas divided and gave them to him. The king then made eighty-four thousand caskets of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, and crystal to contain the Buddha's relics. He also made eighty-four thousand vases of the four jewels to hold these caskets, and immeasurable hundreds of thousands of banners, pennants, and parasols, causing various spirits and deities to each hold relics and make offerings to them. He thoroughly commanded the spirits and deities, saying, "Throughout Jambudvīpa, extending to the edge of the sea, wherever there are cities, towns, or villages that reach one hundred million households, erect a stupa for the World-Honoured One." At that time, there was a kingdom named Takṣaśilā with 3.6 billion households. The people of that kingdom said to the spirits and deities: