[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) › 10.29 # 大唐西域記 10.29 大唐西域記 10.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.10.29) 國西南三百餘里至跋邏末羅耆釐山（唐言黑蜂）。岌然特起，峯巖峭險，既無崖谷，宛如全石。引正王為龍猛菩薩鑿此山中，建立伽藍。去山十數里，鑿開孔道，當其山下，仰鑿疏石。其中則長廊步簷，崇臺重閣，閣有五層，層有四院，竝建精舍，各鑄金像，量等佛身，妙窮工思，自餘莊嚴，唯飾金寶。從山高峯臨注飛泉，周流重閣，交帶廊廡。疎寮外穴，明燭中宇。 > To the south-west about 300 li we came to the Po-lo-mo-lo-ki-li (Brahmaragiri) mountain. The solitary peak of this mountain towers above the rest, and stands out with its mighty precipices as a solid mass of rock without approaches or intervening valleys. The king, Sadvaha, for the sake of Nagarjuna Bodhisattva, tunnelled out this rock through the middle, and built and fixed therein (in the middle) a sanghārāma; at a distance of some 10 li, by tunnelling, he opened a covered way (an approach). Thus by standing under the rock (not knowing the way in) we see the cliff excavated throughout, and in the midst of long galleries (corridors) with eaves for walking under and high towers (turrets), the storeyed building reaching to the height of five stages, each stage with four halls with vihāras enclosed (united). In each vihāra was a statue of Buddha cast in gold, of the size of life, wrought (cast) with consummate art and singularly adorned and specially ornamented with gold and precious stones. From the high peak of the mountain descending streamlets, like small cascades, flow through the different storeys, winding round the side galleries, and then discharging themselves without. Scattered light-holes illumine the interior (inner chambers). > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 10.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.10.28) - [Next: 10.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.10.30) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.10) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.10.12.9) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.10.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.10.29) · Pramāṇa