[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) › 1.24 # 大唐西域記 1.24 大唐西域記 1.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.24) 荒城北四十餘里，接山阿，隔一河水，有二伽藍，同名照怙釐，而東西隨稱。佛像莊飾，殆越人工。僧徒清齋，誠為勤勵。東照怙釐佛堂中有玉石，面廣二尺餘，色帶黃白，狀如海蛤。其上有佛足履之迹，長尺有八寸，廣餘六寸矣。或有齋日，照燭光明。 > About 40 li to the north of this desert city there are two convents close together on the slope of a mountain, but separated by a stream of water, both named Cha-hu-li, being situated east and west of one another, and accordingly so called. (Here there is) a statue of Buddha, richly adorned and carved with skill surpassing that of men. The occupants of the convents are pure and truthful, and diligent in the discharge of their duties. In (the hall of) the eastern convent, called the Buddha pavilion, there is a jade stone, with a surface of about two feet in width, and of a yellowish white colour; in shape it is like a sea-shell; on its surface is a foot trace of Buddha, 1 foot 8 inches long, and eight inches or so in breadth; at the expiration of every fast-day it emits a bright and sparkling light. Outside the western gate of the chief city, on the right and left side of the road, there are (two) erect figures of Buddha, about 90 feet high. In the space in front of these statues there is a place erected for the quinquennial assembly. Every year at the autumnal equinox, during ten several days, the priests assemble from all the country in this place. The king and all his people, from the highest to the lowest, on this occasion abstain from public business, and observe a religious fast; they listen to the sacred teachings of the law, and pass the days without weariness. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.23) - [Next: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.25) - [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.1.3.4) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.1.24) · Pramāṇa