釋迦方志 2.21

2.21

室西南隅巖岫。即阿素落宮。石室側頻毘王往佛所棧道。斷石通路長五里許作階也。又東行六十餘里。至矩奢揭羅補羅城（此云茅城）上茅宮城即摩竭陀之正中也。多出香茅國中最勝。古來諸王都其山。城門闕在焉。因香為名。崇山四周以為外郭。西通狹徑北闢山門。東西長周迴一百五十里。樹華含茂皆作金色。內城周三十餘里。城內荒涼都絕人物　北門外塔。佛舒手現五師子。伏提婆醉象處。又東北塔。是舍利子聞馬勝比丘說法證道處。

In the cave at the southwest corner of the chamber is the palace of the asuras. Beside the stone chamber is the wooden plank-way where King Bimbisāra went to the Buddha's place, cutting through the stone to open a path about five li long to serve as steps. Further east for more than sixty li, one reaches the city of Kuśāgrapura (meaning here 'City of Kuśa Grass'); the Palace City of Superior Kuśa Grass is in the very centre of Magadha. It produces much fragrant kuśa grass, the finest in the country. From ancient times the various kings made their capital in its mountains, and the city gates and watchtowers are still there; it was named after the fragrance. Lofty mountains surround it on all four sides to serve as the outer wall; a narrow path opens to the west, and a mountain gate is cleaved to the north. Long from east to west, it is one hundred and fifty li in circumference. The flowers on the trees are lush and all golden in color. The inner city is over thirty li in circumference; inside the city, it is desolate, completely devoid of human inhabitants. Outside the north gate is a stupa where the Buddha extended his hand to manifest five lions to subdue the intoxicated elephant of Devadatta. Another stupa to the northeast is the place where Śāriputra heard the bhikṣu Aśvajit preach the Dharma and realized the Path.