[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) › 4.45 # 大唐西域記 4.45 大唐西域記 4.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.45) 國西北境殑伽河東岸有摩裕羅城，周二十餘里。居人殷盛，清流交帶，出鍮石、水精、寶器。去城不遠，臨殑伽河，有大天祠，甚多靈異。其中有池，編石為岸，引殑伽水為補，五印度人謂之殑伽河門，生福滅罪之所。常有遠方數百千人，集此澡濯。樂善諸王建立福舍，備珍羞，儲醫藥，惠施鰥寡，周給孤獨。 > On the north-west frontier of this country, on the eastern shore of the Mo-yu-lo; it is about 20 li in circuit. very numerous. The pure streams round it on every side; it produces pure and standing by the Ganges river, is a great Deva temple, where very many miracles of divers sorts are wrought. In the midst of it is a tank, of which the borders are made of stone joined skilfully together. Through it the Ganges river is led by an artificial canal. The men of the five Indies call it "the gate of the Ganges river." This is where religious merit is found and sin effaced. There are always hundreds and thousands of people gathered together here from distant quarters to bathe and wash in its waters. Benevolent kings have founded here "a house of merit" (Punyashala). This foundation is endowed with funds for providing choice food and medicines to bestow in charity on widows and bereaved persons, on orphans and the destitute. Going north from this 300 li or so, we come to P'o-lo-hih-mo-pu-lo country (Brahmapura). > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.44) - [Next: 4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.46) - [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.4.10.11) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.45) · Pramāṇa