大唐西域記 6.36
大唐西域記 6.36
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- Classical Chinese
6.36
城南門外路左,有窣堵波,是太子與諸釋角藝,射鐵鼓。從此東南三十餘里,有小窣堵波,其側有泉,泉流澄鏡,是太子與諸釋引強校能,弦矢既分,穿鼓過表,至池沒羽,因涌清流,時俗相傳,謂之箭泉。夫有疾病,飲沐多愈。遠方之人持泥以歸,隨其所苦,漬以塗額,靈神冥衛,多蒙痊愈。
The king and ministers having reverenced him, again returned to the kingdom, and they located themselves in this Nyagrodha grove. By the side of the sangharama, and not far from it, is a stupa ; this is the spot where Tathagata sat beneath a great tree with his face to the east and received from his aunt a golden-tissued kashaya garment. A little farther on is another stupa ; this is the place where Tathagata converted eight king's sons and 500 Sakyas. Within the eastern gate of the city, on the left of the road, is a stupa ; this is where the Prince Siddartha practised (athletic sports and competitive) arts. Outside the gate is the temple of Isvara-deva. In the temple is a figure of the Deva made of stone, which has the appearance of rising in a bent position. This is the temple which the royal prince when an infant (in swaddling clothes) entered. King Suddhodana was returning from the Lumbini (Lavani—La-fa-ni) garden, after having gone to meet the prince. Passing by this temple the king said, "This temple is noted for its many spiritual exhibitions (miracles). The Sakya children who here seek divine protection always obtain what they ask; we must take the royal prince to this place and offer up our worship." At this time the nurse (foster-mother), carrying the child in her arms, entered the temple; then the stone image raised itself and saluted the prince. When the prince left, the image again seated itself.
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- Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World — Samuel Beal 1884, English