[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) › 2.14 # 釋迦方志 2.14 釋迦方志 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.14) 佛在世時。菩提樹高數百尺。枝黃葉青冬夏不改。佛涅槃至葉凋尋復。後為無憂王伐截。於西數十步聚而燒之。用以祠天。烟焰未止忽生兩樹。猛火之中茂葉同榮。因謂灰菩提樹。王覩信生以香乳灌餘根者。至旦樹生如本。王妃忿之又夜重伐。王重所請以乳灌之不日還生。壘石周垣其高丈餘。近為金耳國月王又伐此樹。掘至泉水不盡根抵。乃縱火焚之。又以甘蔗澆之。令焦爛絕其本也。數月之後為補刺拏伐摩王。此言滿胄。即無憂王之玄孫也。聞樹被誅舉身投地。請僧七日經行繞樹。大坑以數千牛乳灌之。經六日夜樹生丈餘。恐後剪伐。周峙石垣高二丈四尺。樹今出於石壁上二丈餘。圍可三尺。 > When the Buddha was in the world, the Bodhi Tree was several hundred feet high, with yellow branches and green leaves that never withered in winter or summer. When the Buddha passed into nirvāṇa, its leaves withered, but soon flourished again. Later, King Aśoka had it cut down, piled it several tens of paces to the west, and burned it as a sacrifice to the gods. Before the smoke and flames had died down, two trees suddenly sprang forth, both displaying lush green foliage amidst the raging fire; thus it was named the Ash Bodhi Tree. The king, witnessing this, gave rise to faith and watered the remaining roots with fragrant milk; by morning, the tree grew as before. The queen, enraged, had it cut down again at night. The king renewed his supplication and watered it with milk; within days, it grew back. He piled stones into a surrounding wall over ten cubits high. Recently, King Śaśāṅka of Karṇasuvarṇa cut down this tree again, digging down to the water table without exhausting its roots. He then set fire to it and poured sugarcane juice over it to scorch and rot it, intending to destroy its roots. Several months later, King Pūrṇavarman (which means 'Full Armor'), who was the great-great-grandson of King Aśoka, heard that the tree had been cut down and cast himself to the ground. He invited monks to perform circumambulations around the tree for seven days, and poured milk from thousands of cows into a large pit. After six days and nights, the tree grew more than ten cubits. Fearing it would be cut down again, he erected a surrounding stone wall twenty-four cubits high. The tree now rises more than twenty cubits above the stone wall, with a circumference of about three feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.8.37) — Xuanzang & 辯機, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.14) · Pramāṇa