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釋迦方志 1.66

釋迦方志 1.66

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設多圖盧國(北印度也)周二千餘里西臨大河。都城十七八里。佛法大盛城內外寺十所僧亦少耳。城東三里塔高二十餘丈。育王所造。傍有四佛行坐迹。自此西南行八百餘里。至波狸夜呾羅國(入中印度也)周三千里都城周十五里。寺有八所僧亦少耳。俗信外道。天祠十所異道千餘。土有稻種六十日收。東行五百餘里至。

the country of Śatadru (in North India), over two thousand li in circumference, bordering a great river to the west. The capital city is seventeen to eighteen li. The Buddha-Dharma flourishes greatly, but within and outside the city there are only ten monasteries and few monks. Three li east of the city is a stupa more than two hundred feet high, built by King Aśoka. Beside it are the traces where the four buddhas walked and sat. Traveling southwest from here for more than eight hundred li, one reaches the country of Pāriyātra (entering Central India), three thousand li in circumference, with the capital city fifteen li in circumference. There are eight monasteries and also few monks. The populace believes in non-Buddhists; there are ten deva temples and over a thousand tīrthikas. The land has a variety of rice harvested in sixty days. Traveling east for more than five hundred li, one reaches

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