大唐西域記 11.10

11.10

國東南隅有䮚（勒鄧反）迦山，巖谷幽峻，神鬼遊舍，在昔如來於此說《䮚迦經》（舊曰楞伽經，訛也）。

By the side of the king's palace there is built a large kitchen, in which daily is measured out food for eight thousand priests. The meal-time having come, the priests arrive with their pâtras to receive their allowance. Having received and eaten it, they return, all of them, to their several abodes. Ever since the teaching of Buddha reached this country, the king has established this charity, and his successors have continued it down to our times. But during the last ten years or so the country has been in confusion, and there has been no established ruler to attend to this business. In a bay on the coast of the country the land is rich in gems and precious stones. The king himself goes (there) to perform religious services, on which the spirits present him with rare and valuable objects. The inhabitants of the capital come, seeking to share in the gain, and invoke the spirits for that purpose. What they obtain is different according to their religious merit. They pay a tax on the pearls they find, according to their quantity. On the south-east corner of the country is Mount Lanka. Its high crags and deep valleys are occupied by spirits that come and go; it was here that Tathagata formerly delivered the Ling-kia-king (Lanka Sutra or Lankavatara).