[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) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 2.18 # 宋高僧傳 2.18 宋高僧傳 2.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.18) 又邙山有巨蛇，畏見之，歎曰：「欲決瀦洛陽城耶？」以天竺語呪數百聲，不日蛇死。乃安祿山陷洛陽之兆也。 > Furthermore, on Mount Mang there was a giant serpent. When Śubhakarasiṃha saw it, he sighed and said: "Do you wish to breach the dikes and inundate the city of Luoyang?" He uttered several hundred chants in the Indian tongue, and within a few days, the serpent died. This was an omen of An Lushan's capture of Luoyang. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.17) - [Next: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.19) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.2.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.2.18) · Pramāṇa