[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) › 2.48 # 大唐西域記 2.48 大唐西域記 2.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.2.48) 大窣堵波左右，小窣堵波魚鱗百數。佛像莊嚴，務窮工思，殊香異音，時有聞聽，靈仙聖賢，或見旋繞。此窣堵波者，如來懸記，七燒七立，佛法方盡。先賢記曰：成壞已三。初至此國，適遭大火，當見營搆，尚未成功。 > To the south-west of the great stûpa 100 paces or so, there is a figure of Buddha in white stone about eighteen feet high. It is a standing figure, and looks to the north. It has many spiritual powers, and diffuses a brilliant light. Sometimes there are people who see the image come out of an evening and go round the great stûpa. Lately a band of robbers wished to go in and steal. The image immediately came forth and went before the robbers. Affrighted, they ran away; the image then returned to its own place, and remained fixed as before. The robbers, affected by what they had seen, began a new life, and went about through towns and villages telling what had happened. To the left and right of the great stûpa are a hundred little stûpas standing closely together, executed with consummate art. Exquisite perfumes and different musical sounds at times are perceived, the work of Rishis, saints, and eminent sages; these also at times are seen walking round the stûpas. According to the prediction of Tathâgata, after this stûpa has been seven times burnt down and seven times rebuilt, then the religion of Buddha will disappear. The record of old worthies says this building has already been destroyed and restored three times. When (I) first arrived in this country it had just been destroyed by a fire calamity. Steps are being taken for its restoration, but they are not yet complete. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.2.47) - [Next: 2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.2.49) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.2) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.2.21.8) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.2.48) · Pramāṇa