大唐西域記 8.31

8.31

戒賢伽藍西南行四五十里，渡尼連禪河，至伽耶城。甚險固，少居人，唯婆羅門有千餘家，大仙人祚胤也，王所不臣，眾咸宗敬。城北三十餘里，有清泉，印度相傳謂之聖水，凡有飲濯，罪垢消除。

The king in reply said, "The King of the Law has passed into the obscure (abode), and the vessel of wisdom has been engulfed in the stream. If there are no distinctions now made (between the learned and ignorant), then no encouragement is given to the scholar to press forward in the attainment of religion. Pray, of your pity, accept my offering." The doctor, not persisting in his refusal, accepted the town and built this sanghârâma, vast and magnificent, and endowed it with the revenues of the town, as a means of providing it with the offerings necessary for religious service. Going to the south-west of the sanghârâma of Silabhadra about 40 or 50 li, and crossing the Nairañjana river we come to the town of Gaya. This town is naturally strong (situated amid crags or precipices). It has but few inhabitants; there are about 1000 families of Brahmans only; they are the offspring (successors) of a Rishi. The king does not regard them as vassals and the people everywhere highly respect them. To the north of the town 30 li or so there is a pure fountain of water. The tradition handed down in India is that it is called "holy water;" all who bathe or drink thereof are cleansed from whatever defilement of sin they have.