大唐西域記 5.12

5.12

精舍寶函中有佛牙，長餘寸半，殊光異色，朝變夕改。遠近相趨，士庶咸集，式修瞻仰，日百千眾。監守者繁其諠雜，權立重稅，宣告遠近：欲見佛牙，輸大金錢。然而瞻禮之徒，寔繁其侶，金錢之稅，悅以心競。每於齋日，出置高座，數百千眾，燒香散華，華雖盈積，牙函不沒。伽藍前左、右各有精舍，高百餘尺，石基塼室，其中佛像，眾寶莊飾，或鑄金、銀，或鎔鍮石。二精舍前各有小伽藍。

On the south and by the side of the Ganges are three sanghârâmas, enclosed within the same walls, but with different gates. They have highly ornamented statues of Buddha. The priests are devout and reverential; they have in their service several thousands of "pure men." In a precious casket in the vihâra is a tooth of Buddha about one and a half inches in length, very bright, and of different colours at morning and night. People assemble from far and near; the leading men with the multitude join in one body in worship. Every day hundreds and thousands come together. The guardians of the relic, on account of the uproar and confusion occasioned by the multitude of people, placed on the exhibition a heavy tax, and proclaimed far and wide that those wishing to see the tooth of Buddha must pay one great gold piece. Nevertheless, the followers who come to worship are very numerous, and gladly pay the tax of a gold piece. On every holiday they bring it (the relic) out and place it on a high throne, whilst hundreds and thousands of men burn incense and scatter flowers; and although the flowers are heaped up, the tooth-casket is not overwhelmed. In front of the sanghârâma, on the right and left hand, there are two vihâras, each about 100 feet high, the foundation of stone and the walls of brick. In the middle are statues of Buddha highly decorated with jewels, one made of gold and silver, the other of native copper. Before each vihâra is a little sanghârâma.