[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋迦方志](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088) › 1.59 # 釋迦方志 1.59 釋迦方志 1.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.1.59) 從此南返至呾叉始羅國北界。渡信渡河東行二百餘里。渡大石門。是摩訶薩埵王子捨身𩚅虎處。東有寺僧百餘。又南百五十里石塔者。薩埵以竹自刺血啗獸處。地及草木今猶絳色。次北石塔高二十餘丈。放光開信病歸多愈。又東五十餘里。孤山有寺塔高二百餘尺。僧徒二百人並大乘學。佛昔化藥叉不食肉處。又東南山行五百餘里。至。 > Returning south from here to the northern border of the country of Takṣaśilā, one crosses the Indus River and travels eastward for more than two hundred li to cross a great stone gate. This is where Prince Mahāsattva gave up his body to feed the tigress. To the east is a monastery with more than a hundred monks. Another one hundred and fifty li south is a stone stupa, where Sattva pierced himself with bamboo to feed his blood to the beast; the earth, grass, and trees are even now crimson in colour. Next, to the north, is a stone stupa more than two hundred feet high, which emits light and inspires faith; when the sick take refuge there, most are healed. Further east for more than fifty li, on an isolated mountain, is a monastery with a stupa more than two hundred feet high, with two hundred monks, all studying the Mahāyāna. It is where the Buddha formerly converted a yakṣa to refrain from eating meat. Traveling further southeast through the mountains for more than five hundred li, one reaches > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.1.58) - [Next: 1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.1.60) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088~en-mt.1.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.1.59) · Pramāṇa