[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) › 4.15 # 大唐西域記 4.15 大唐西域記 4.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.15) 從此東北行百四五十里，至闍爛達羅國（北印度境）。 > This country is about 2000 li in circuit. The capital is about 14 or 15 li round. It produces abundant harvests; the fruit trees are thinly scattered. The people are contented and peaceful; the resources of the country are abundant. The climate is hot and humid; the people are timid and listless. They are given to promiscuous study, and there are amongst them believers and the contrary. There are ten sangharamas and eight Deva temples. > Formerly, when Kanishka-raja was on the throne, his fame spread throughout the neighbouring countries, and his military power was recognised by all. The tributary princes to the west of the (Yellow) River, in recognition of his authority, sent hostages to him. Kanishka-raja having received the hostages, he treated them with marked attention. During the three seasons of the year He appointed them separate establishments, and afforded them special guards of troops. This country was the residence of the hostages during the winter. This is the reason why it is called Chinapati, after the name of the residence of the hostages. > There existed neither pear nor peach in this kingdom and throughout the Indies until the hostages planted them, and therefore the peach is called Chînâni, and the pear is called Chînarâjaputra. For this reason the men of this country have a profound respect for the Eastern land. Moreover (when they saw me) they pointed with their fingers, and said one to another, "This man is a native of the country of our former ruler." > To the south-east of the capital 500 li or so, we come to the convent called Ta-mo-su-fa-na (dark forest, i.e., Tâmasavana). There are about 300 priests in it, who study the doctrine of the Sarvâstivâda school. They (the congregation) have a dignified address, and are of conspicuous virtue and pure life. They are deeply versed in the teaching of the Little Vehicle. The 1000 Buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa will explain, in this country, to the assembly of the Devas the principles of the excellent law. > Three hundred years after the Nirvâna of Buddha the master of śāstras called Kātyāyana composed here the Fa-chi-lun (Abhidharmajñāna-prasthāna śāstra). > In the convent of the dark forest there is a stūpa about 200 feet high, which was erected by Aśōka-rāja. By its side are traces of the four past Buddhas, where they sat and walked. There is a succession of little stūpas and large stone houses facing one another, of an uncertain number; here, from the beginning of the kalpa till now, saints who have obtained the fruit (of Arhats) have reached Nirvāṇa. To cite all would be difficult. Their teeth and bones still remain. The convents gird the mountain for about 20 li in circuit, and the stūpas containing relics of Buddha are hundreds and thousands in number; they are crowded together, so that one overshadows the other. > Going north-east from this country, 140 or 150 li, we come to the country of Che-lan-t'o-lo (Jālandhara). > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.14) - [Next: 4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.16) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.4.2) — Samuel Beal 1884, English ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.2.47) — 慧立 & 彥悰, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.15) · Pramāṇa