[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) › 5.30 # 大唐西域記 5.30 大唐西域記 5.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.5.30) 城東南不遠，臨殑伽河岸，有窣堵波，無憂王之所建也，高二百餘尺，是如來昔於此處三月說法。其側則有過去四佛坐及經行遺迹之所。復有如來髮、爪青石窣堵波。其側伽藍，僧徒二百餘人，佛像莊飾，威嚴如在。臺閣宏麗，奇製欝起，是昔佛陀馱婆（唐言覺使）論師於此製說一切有部《大毘婆沙論》。從此東南行七百餘里，渡殑伽河南、閻牟那河北，至鉢邏耶伽國（中印度境）。 > This kingdom is 2400 or 2500 li in circuit. Its chief town, which borders on the Ganges, is about 20 li in circuit. Its products and climate are the same as those of Ayodhya. The people are of a simple and honest disposition. They diligently apply themselves to learning and are fond of virtue. religion. There are five sangharamas, with about a thousand priests. They belong to the Sammatīya school of the Little Vehicle. There are ten Deva temples, occupied by sectaries of various kinds. > Not far to the south-east of the city, close to the shore of the Ganges, is a stūpa built by Aśōka-rāja, 200 feet high. Here Buddha in old time repeated the law for three months. Beside it are traces where the four past Buddhas walked and sat. > There is also another stone stūpa, containing relics of Buddha's hair and nails. > By the side of this stūpa is a sanghārāma with about 200 disciples in it. There is here a richly adorned statue of Buddha, as grave and dignified as if really alive. The towers and balconies are wonderfully carved and constructed, and rise up imposingly (or, in great numbers) above the building. In old days Buddhadāsa (Fo-to-to-so), a master of śāstras, composed in this place the Mahāvibhāshā śāstra of the school of the Sarvāstivādins. > Going south-east 700 li, passing to the south of the Ganges, we come to the kingdom of Po-lo-ye-kia (Prayāga). > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.5.29) - [Next: 5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.5.31) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.5) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.5.3) — Samuel Beal 1884, English ## Linked texts (1) - [釋迦方志](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.1.76) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.5.30) · Pramāṇa