大唐西域記 7.47

7.47

七百賢聖結集南行八九十里，至濕吠多補羅僧伽藍，層臺輪煥，重閣翬飛，僧眾清肅，並學大乘。其傍則有過去四佛坐及經行遺迹之處。其側窣堵波，無憂王之所建也。如來在昔南趣摩揭陀國，北顧吠舍釐城，中途止息遺迹之處。

Going south 80 or 90 li from this place, we come to the sanghārāma called Svetapura (Shi-fei-to-pu-lo); its massive towers, with their rounded shapes and double storeys, rise in the air. The priests are calm and respectful, and all study the Great Vehicle. By the side of this building are traces where the four past Buddhas sat and walked. By the side of these is a stūpa built by Asoka-raja. It was here, when Buddha was alive, that, on going southwards to the Magadha country, he turned northwards to look at Vaisali, and left there, on the road where he stopped to breathe, traces of his visit. Going south-east from the Svetapura sangharama 30 li or so, on either (south and north) side of the Ganges river there is a stupa; this is the spot where the venerable Ananda divided his body between the two kingdoms. Ananda was on his father's side cousin of Tathagata. He was a disciple (saiksha) well acquainted with the doctrine (collectanea), thoroughly instructed in ordinary matters (men and things), and of masculine understanding. After Buddha's departure from the world he succeeded the great Kasyapa in the guardianship of the true law, and became the guide and teacher of men devoted to religion (men not yet Arhats). He was dwelling in the Magadha country in a wood; as he was walking to and fro he saw a Sramanera (novice) repeating in a bungling way a sutra of Buddha, perverting and mistaking the sentences and words.