大唐西域記 12.21

12.21

伽藍大精舍中有石佛像，像上懸金銅圓蓋，眾寶莊嚴。人有旋繞，蓋亦隨轉，人止蓋止，莫測靈鑒。聞諸耆舊曰：或云聖人願力所持，或謂機關祕術所致。觀其堂宇，石壁堅峻。考厥眾議，莫知實錄。踰此國大山，北至尸棄尼國。

Leaving this country, and traversing a great mountain northward, we arrive at the country of Shi-k'i-ni (Shikhnan).

The Shaman accepted the invitation and went to the palace. The funeral ceremonies being over, (the king) addressed the Shaman and said, "The world of men is in confusion, birth and death flow on ceaselessly; my son was sick, and I asked whether he would remain with me or depart, and the lying spirit said he would surely recover; but the first words of indication you gave were true and not false. Therefore the system of religion you teach is to be reverenced. Deign to receive me, deceived as I have been, as a disciple." He, moreover, begged the Shaman to plan and measure out a sanghārāma; then, according to the right dimensions, he constructed this building, and from that time till now the law of Buddha has been in a flourishing condition. In the middle of the old sanghārāma is the vihāra built by this Arhat. In the vihāra is a statue of Buddha in stone above the statue is a circular cover of gilded copper, and ornamented with gems; when men walk round the statue in worship, the cover also turns; when they stop, the cover stops. The miracle cannot be explained. According to the account given by the old people, it is said that the force of a prayer of a holy man effects the miracle. Others say there is some secret mechanism in the matter; but when looking at the solid stone walls of the hall, and inquiring from the people as to their knowledge (of such mechanism), it is difficult to arrive at any satisfaction about the matter.