大唐西域記 3.28
大唐西域記 3.28
- Language
- Classical Chinese
3.28
捨頭窣堵波側有僧伽藍,庭宇荒涼,僧徒減少。昔經部拘摩羅邏多(唐言童受)論師於此製述諸論。
By the side of the stūpa of the "sacrificed head" is a saṅghārāma, of which the surrounding courts are deserted and overgrown; there are (nevertheless) a few priests. It was here in old days the master of sastras Kumaralabdha, belonging to the school of Sutras (Sautrantikas), composed several treatises. Outside the city to the south-east, on the shady side of a mountain, there is a stupa, in height 100 feet or so; this is the place where they put out the eyes of Ku-lang-na (for Ku-na-lang-na, Kunala), who had been unjustly accused by his step-mother; it was built by Asoka-raja. When the blind pray to it (or before it) with fervent faith, many of them recover their sight. This prince (Kunala) was the son of the rightful queen. His person was graceful and his disposition loving and humane. When the queen-royal was dead, her successor (the step-mother) was dissolute and unprincipled. Following her wild and foolish preference, she made proposals to the prince; he, when she solicited him, reproached her with tears, and departed, refusing to be guilty of such a crime. The step-mother, seeing that he rejected her, was filled with wrath and hatred; waiting for an interval when she was with the king, she addressed him thus: "To whom should your majesty intrust the government of Ta-ch'a-shi-lo but to your own son? The prince is renowned for his humanity and obedience;
Translations (1)
- Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World — Samuel Beal 1884, English