[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) › 7.4 # 大唐西域記 7.4 大唐西域記 7.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.4) 婆羅痆斯國，周四千餘里。國大都城西臨殑伽河，長十八九里，廣五六里。閭閻櫛比，居人殷盛，家積巨萬，室盈奇貨。人性溫恭，俗重強學，多信外道，少敬佛法。氣序和，穀稼盛，果木扶疎，茂草靃靡。伽藍三十餘所，僧徒三千餘人，並學小乘正量部法。天祠百餘所，外道萬餘人，並多宗事大自在天，或斷髮，或椎髻，露形無服，塗身以灰，精勤苦行，求出生死。 > THIS country is about 4000 li in circuit. The capital borders (on its western side) the Ganges river. It is about 18 or 19 li in length and 5 or 6 li in breadth; its inner gates are like a small-toothed comb; it is densely populated. The families are very rich, and in the dwellings are objects of rare value. The disposition of the people is soft and humane, and they are earnestly given to study. They are mostly unbelievers, a few reverence the law of Buddha. The climate is soft, the crops abundant, the trees (fruit trees) flourishing, and the underwood thick in every place. There are about thirty saṅghārāmas and 3000 priests. They study the Little Vehicle according to the Sammatīya school (Ching-liang-pu). There are a hundred or so Dēva temples with about 10,000 sectaries. They honour principally Mahēśvara (Ta-tseu-tsai). Some cut their hair off, others tie their hair in a knot, and go naked, without clothes (Nirgranthas); they cover their bodies with ashes (Pasupatas), and by the practice of all sorts of austerities they seek to escape from birth and death. In the capital there are twenty Deva temples, the towers and halls of which are of sculptured stone and carved wood. The foliage of trees combine to shade (the sites), whilst pure streams of water encircle them. The statue of the Deva Mahesvara, made of teou-shih (native copper), is somewhat less than 100 feet high. Its appearance is grave and majestic, and appears as though really living. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.3) - [Next: 7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.5) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.7.1.1) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.4) · Pramāṇa