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大唐西域記 5.42

大唐西域記 5.42

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Classical Chinese

5.42

城內東南隅,有故宅餘趾,是具史羅(舊云瞿師羅,訛也)長者故宅也,中有佛精舍及髮、爪窣堵波。復有故基,如來浴室也。

About 100 paces to the east of the vihara are the signs of the walking and sitting of the four former Buddhas. By the side of this, and not far off, is a well used by Tathagata, and a bathing-house. The well still has water in it, but the house has long been destroyed. Within the city, at the south-east angle of it, is an old habitation, the ruins of which only exist. This is the house of Ghoshira (Kiu-shi-lo) the nobleman. In the middle is a vihara of Buddha, and a stupa containing hair and nail relics. There are also ruins of Tathagata's bathing-house. Not far to the south-east of the city is an old sangharama. This was formerly the place where Goshira the nobleman had a garden. In it is a stupa built by Asokaraja, about 200 feet high; here Tathagata for several years preached the law. By the side of this stupa are traces of the four past Buddhas where they sat down and walked. Here again is a stupa containing hair and nail relics of Tathagata. To the south-east of the sangharama, on the top of a double-storeyed tower, is an old brick chamber where Vasubandhu Bodhisattva dwelt. In this chamber he composed the Vidyamatrasiddhisastra (Wei-chi-lun), intended to refute the principles of the Little Vehicle and confound the heretics. To the east of the sangharama, and in the middle of an Amra grove, is an old foundation wall; this was the place where Asanga Bodhisattva composed the sastra called Hin-yang-shing-kiau.

Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World

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