[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) › 4.47 # 大唐西域記 4.47 大唐西域記 4.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.47) 婆羅吸摩補羅國，周四千餘里，山周四境。國大都城周二十餘里。居人殷盛，家室富饒。土地沃壤，稼穡時播，出鍮石、水精。氣序微寒，風俗剛猛。少學藝，多逐利。人性獷烈，邪正雜信。伽藍五所，僧徒寡少。天祠十餘所，異道雜居。 > This kingdom is about 4000 li in circuit, and surrounded on all sides by mountains. The chief town is about 20 li round. It is thickly populated, and the householders are rich. The soil is rich and fertile; the lands are sown and reaped in their seasons. The country produces teou-shih (native copper) and rock crystal. The climate is rather cold; the people are hardy and uncultivated. Few of the people attend to literature — most of them are engaged in commerce. > The disposition of the men is of a savage kind. There are heretics mixed with believers in Buddha. There are five sanghârâmas, which contain a few priests. There are ten Deva temples, in which persons of different opinions dwell together. > This country is bounded on the north by the great Snowy Mountains, in the midst of which is the country called Su-fa-la-na-kiu-ta-lo (Suvarnagotra). From this country comes a superior sort of gold, and hence the name. It is extended from east to west, and contracted from north to south. It is the same as the country of the "eastern women." For ages a woman has been the ruler, and so it is called the kingdom of the women. The husband of the reigning woman is called king, but he knows nothing about the affairs of the state. The men manage the wars and sow the land, and that is all. The land produces winter wheat and much cattle, sheep, and horses. The climate is extremely cold (icy). The people are hasty and impetuous. > On the eastern side this country is bordered by the T'u-fan (Tibet), on the west by San-po-ho (Sampaha or Malasa?), on the north by Khotan. > Going south-east from Ma-ti-pu-lo 400 li or so, we come to the country of Kiu-pi-shwong-na. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.46) - [Next: 4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.48) - [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.4.11) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.47) · Pramāṇa