大唐西域記 8.15

8.15

山西南有五窣堵波，崇基已陷，餘址尚高，遠而望之，欝若山阜，面各數百步，後人於上重更修建小窣堵波。《印度記》曰：「昔無憂王建八萬四千窣堵波已，尚餘五斗舍利，故別崇建五窣堵波，制奇諸處，靈異間起，以表如來五分法身。薄信之徒竊相評議，云是昔者難陀王建此藏，以儲七寶。其後有王，不甚淳信，聞先疑議，肆其貪求，興動軍師，躬臨發掘，地震山傾，雲昏日翳，窣堵波中大聲雷震，士卒僵仆，象馬驚奔。自茲已降，無敢覬覦。」或曰：「眾議雖多，未為確論；循古所記，信得其實。」

To the south-west of the mountain is a collection of five stupas. The foundations are lofty but ruinous; what remains, however, is a good height. At a distance they look like little hills. Each of them is several tens of paces in front. Men in after-days tried to build on the top of these little stupas. The records of India state, "In old time, when As'oka-raja built the 84,000 stupas, there was still remaining five measures of relics. Therefore he erected with exceptional grandeur five other stupas, remarkable for their spiritual portents (miraculous exhibitions), with a view to indicate the fivefold spiritual body of Tathagata. Some disciples of little faith talking together argued thus, 'In old time Nanda-raja built these five (stupas) as treasure-places for his wealth (seven precious substances).' In consequence of this gossip, in after-time a king of insincere faith, and excited by his covetousness, put his troops in movement, and came with his followers to dig (the stupas). The earth shook, the mountains bent (fell), and the clouds darkened the sun, whilst from the stupas there came a great sound like thunder. The soldiers with their leaders fell backward, and the elephants and horses took to flight. The king thus defeated, dared no longer to covet (the treasures). It is said, moreover (i.e., in the Indian records), 'With respect to the gossip of the priests there has been some doubt expressed, but we believe it to be true according to the old tradition.'"