大唐西域記 8.35

8.35

前正覺山西南行十四五里，至菩提樹。周垣壘甎，崇峻險固。東西長，南北狹，周五百餘步。奇樹名花，連陰接影；細沙異草，彌漫綠被。正門東闢，對尼連禪河，南門接大花池，西阨險固，北門通大伽藍。壖垣內地，聖迹相隣，或窣堵波，或復精舍，並贍部洲諸國君王、大臣、豪族欽承遺教，建以記焉。

Going south-west from Mount Prāgbōdhi about 14 or 15 li, we come to the Bōdhi tree. It is surrounded by a brick wall (a wall of piled bricks) of considerable height, steep and strong. It is long from east to west, and short from north to south. It is about 500 paces round. Rare trees with their renowned flowers connect their shade and cast their shadows ; the delicate sha herb and different shrubs carpet the soil. The principal gate opens to the east, opposite the Nairañjanā river. The southern gate adjoins a great flowery bank. The western side is blocked up and difficult of access (steep and strong). The northern gate opens into the great saṅghārāma. Within the surrounding wall the sacred traces touch one another in all directions. Here there are stūpas, in another place vihāras. The kings, princes, and great personages throughout all Jambudvīpa, who have accepted the bequeathed teaching as handed down to them, have erected these monuments as memorials.