[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) › [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087) › 1.105 # 大唐西域記 1.105 大唐西域記 1.105 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.105) 大城東三四里北山下有大伽藍，僧徒三百餘人，並學小乘法教。聞諸先志曰：昔健馱邏國迦膩色迦王威被隣國，化洽遠方，治兵廣地，至葱嶺東，河西蕃維畏威送質。迦膩色迦王既得質子，特加禮命，寒暑改館，冬居印度諸國，夏還迦畢試國，春、秋止健馱邏國。故質子三時住處，各建伽藍；今此伽藍即夏居之所建也。故諸屋壁，圖畫質子，容貌服飾，頗同中夏。其後得還本國，心存故居，雖阻山川，不替供養。故今僧眾，每至入安居、解安居，大興法會，為諸質子祈福樹善，相繼不絕，以至于今。 > According to tradition, Kanishka Rāja of Gandhāra in old days having subdued all the neighbouring provinces and brought into obedience people of distant countries, he governed by his army a wide territory, even to the east of the T'sung-ling mountains. Then the tribes who occupy the territory to the west of the river, fearing the power of his arms, sent hostages to him. Kanishka-raja having received the hostages, treated them with singular attention, and ordered for them separate establishments for the cold and hot weather; during the cold they resided in India and its different parts, in the summer they came back to Kapis'a, in the autumn and spring they remained in the kingdom of Gandhara; and so he founded sangharamas for the hostages according to the three seasons. This convent (of which we are now speaking) is the one they occupied during the summer, and it was built for that purpose. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World > Hence the pictures of these hostages on the walls; their features, and clothing, and ornaments are like the people of Eastern Hia (China). Afterwards, when they were permitted to return to their own country, they were remembered in their old abode, and notwithstanding the intervening mountains and rivers, they were without cessation reverenced with offerings, so that down to the present time the congregation of priests on each rainy season (frequent this spot); and on the breaking up of the fast they convene an assembly and pray for the happiness of the hostages, — a pious custom still existing. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World > There are about 100 convents in this country and some 6000 priests. They mostly study the rules of the Great Vehicle. The stûpas and sanghârâmas are of an imposing height, and are built on high level spots, from which they may be seen on every side, shining in their grandeur (purity). There are some ten temples of the Devas, and 1000 or so of heretics (different ways of religion); there are naked ascetics, and others who cover themselves with ashes, and some who make chaplets of bones, which they wear as crowns on their heads. To the east of the capital 3 or 4 li, at the foot of a mountain in the north, is a great sanghārāma with 300 or so priests in it. These belong to the Little Vehicle and adopt its teaching. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.104) - [Next: 1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.106) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.1.35.3) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.105) · Pramāṇa