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釋迦方志 1.63

釋迦方志 1.63

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Classical Chinese

1.63

磔迦國(北印度也)周萬餘里。東據毘播奢河。西臨信渡河。都城周二十餘里。俗少信佛多事天神。寺有十餘天祠數百。城西南十五里奢羯羅故城。寺塔高二十餘丈。昔四佛說法經行處。又西北六里許。塔高二十餘丈。亦四佛說法處 新都城東北十餘里。石塔高二十餘丈。多有舍利齋日放光。東行五百餘里至。

the country of Ṭakka (in North India), over ten thousand li in circumference. To the east it rests on the Vipāśā River, and to the west it borders the Indus River. The capital city is over twenty li in circumference. The populace seldom believes in the Buddha, mostly serving heavenly deities. There are more than ten monasteries and several hundred deva temples. Fifteen li southwest of the city is the old city of Śākala, where a monastery stupa is more than two hundred feet high, formerly where the four buddhas preached the Dharma and walked. Further northwest by about six li, a stupa is more than two hundred feet high, also where the four buddhas preached the Dharma. More than ten li northeast of the new capital city is a stone stupa more than two hundred feet high, with many relics that emit light on fast days. Traveling east for more than five hundred li, one reaches

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