釋迦方志 1.29

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朅盤陀國。周二千餘里都城周五十餘里。北背徙多河敬佛法。寺十餘僧五百餘。人小乘有部。其國東南大石室二口。各一羅漢入滅心定。經七百餘歲。其鬚髮生年別為剃。又西北行三百餘里。方至王都。東南臨徙多河山嶺連屬。又西少南登山。氷雪五百餘里至波謎羅川。東西千餘里南北百餘里。或狹無十里。據南北大雪山間。地鹹鹵多石。草木希少絕無人住。川南越山有鉢露羅國。此川在大葱嶺上。贍部一洲地最高也。中有大龍池。東西三百餘里。南北五十餘里大卵出焉。其水西流至達摩悉帝國東界與縛芻河合。故此已西水並西流。東出一流。東北至佉沙國西界。與徙多河合。自此諸水皆東流也。龍池正南當無熱池。北當千泉川。南當池大嶺。名婆羅犀羅。南北三四百里。山地極高。池北即大葱嶺也。水經云。高可千餘里兩邊漸下。南北竪嶺行數極多百餘條矣。多有山葱崖險葱翠。因以名焉。嶺南接大雪山。北至千泉。應有二千五百許里。東極烏鎩西達活國。應三千餘里。又從川西南入山險。七百餘里至。

The kingdom of Kabadha. It has a circumference of more than two thousand li, and the capital city has a circumference of more than fifty li. To the north it backs onto the Śītā River. They revere the Buddha's Dharma. There are more than ten monasteries and over five hundred monks, belonging to the Sarvāstivāda school of the Hīnayāna. In the southeast of this kingdom are two great stone chambers, in each of which an arhat has entered the cessation samādhi, having passed more than seven hundred years. Their beards and hair grow, and are shaved year by year. Again traveling northwest for more than three hundred li, one arrives at the royal capital. To the southeast it overlooks the Śītā River, and mountain ridges run in unbroken succession. Again west and slightly south, climbing the mountain through ice and snow for more than five hundred li, one reaches the Pamir Valley. It is more than one thousand li from east to west and more than one hundred li from north to south, or narrowing to less than ten li. It is situated between the great Snow Mountains to the north and south. The land is saline and stony, grass and trees are scarce, and completely devoid of human inhabitants. South of the valley across the mountains is the kingdom of Bolor. This valley lies atop the Great Congling; in the single continent of Jambudvīpa, this land is the highest. In its center is a great dragon lake, more than three hundred li from east to west and more than fifty li from north to south, where huge eggs are produced. Its waters flow west to the eastern border of the kingdom of Dharmasthiti, where they merge with the Vakṣu River; hence all waters west of this flow westward. An outflow emerges to the east, flowing northeast to the western border of the kingdom of Khaṣa, where it merges with the Śītā River; from here all waters flow eastward. Due south of the dragon lake corresponds to Lake Anavatapta; to the north it corresponds to the Valley of the Thousand Springs. The great ridge south of the lake is named Mount Varāhasaila, three to four hundred li from north to south; the mountain terrain is extremely high. North of the lake is the Great Congling. The Shui jing says: It is about one thousand-odd li high, sloping down on both sides. The vertical ridges running north to south are extremely numerous, more than one hundred chains. There are many mountain leeks (cong) and the precipitous cliffs are verdant green (congcui), hence it was named accordingly. The range adjoins the Great Snow Mountains to the south, and reaches the Thousand Springs to the north, spanning approximately two thousand five hundred li. To the east it reaches Wuṣa and to the west it extends to the kingdom of Huo, spanning more than three thousand li. Again from the valley southwest, entering mountain perils for more than seven hundred li, one reaches: