大唐西域記 5.32
大唐西域記 5.32
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- Classical Chinese
5.32
大城西南瞻博迦華林中,有窣堵波,無憂王之所建也。基雖傾陷,尚百餘尺,在昔如來於此處降伏外道。其側則有髮、爪窣堵波、經行遺迹。
This country is about 5000 li in circuit, and the capital, which lies between two branches of the river, is about 20 li round. The grain products are very abundant, and fruit-trees grow in great luxuriance. The climate is warm and agreeable; the people are gentle and compliant in their disposition. They love learning, and are very much given to heresy. There are two sanghārāmas with a few followers, who belong to the Little Vehicle. There are several Deva temples; the number of heretics is very great. To the south-west of the capital, in a Champaka (Chan-po-kia) grove, is a stûpa which was built by Asôka-râja; although the foundations have sunk down, yet the walls are more than 100 feet high. Here it was in old days Tathâgata discomfited the heretics. By the side of it is a stûpa containing hair and nail relics, and also a place where (the past Buddhas) sat and walked.
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- Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World — Samuel Beal 1884, English