大唐西域記 8.18

8.18

阿摩落伽窣堵波西北，故伽藍中有窣堵波，謂建揵稚聲。

To the north-west of Amalaka stupa, in the middle of an old sangharama, is a stupa; it is called "establishing the sound of the ghanta (Kin-t'i)." At first there were about 100 sangharamas in this city; the priests were grave and learned, and of high moral character. The scholars among the heretics were silent and dumb. But afterwards, when that generation of priests had died out, their successors were not equal to those gone before. Then the teachers of the heretics, during the interval, gave themselves to earnest study with a view to the mastery. Whereupon they summoned their partisans, numbering 1000 to 10,000, to assemble together within the priest's precincts, and then they addressed them saying, with a loud voice, "Strike loudly the ghantâ and summon all the learned men; let the foolish ones also stop and dispute; if we are wrong, let them overthrow us" (or, to overthrow their errors). They then addressed the king and asked him to decide between the weak and the strong. And now the heretical masters were men of high talent and marked learning; the priests, although numerous, were weak in their points of verbal discussion. The heretics said, "We have got the victory; from this time forth let no sanghârâma dare to sound the ghantâ to call together a congregation." The king confirmed this result of the discussion, and, in agreement with it, bound the priests to the penalty. They on their part retired with shame and chagrin. For twelve years the ghantâ was not sounded.