釋迦方志 2.36
釋迦方志 2.36
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2.36
瞻波國(中印度也)周四千餘里。都城北臨殑河。周四十餘里。寺數十僧二百餘人小乘學也。天祠二十餘所異道雜居。城以甎壘高數丈。却敵崇峻。劫初人物伊始野居穴處。後有天女降人中。遊殑河濯流自媚。感靈有娠生四子。分贍部洲分疆建邑。此則一子之都城。即贍部之始主也。地溫熱宜象耳。城東百五十里殑河南水環孤洲。中山崖上天祠多靈。其國界野象群遊。又東四百餘里。至。
the country of Campā (in Central India), over four thousand li in circumference. The capital borders the Gaṅgā River to the north and is more than forty li in circumference. There are several tens of monasteries with over two hundred monks, who study Hīnayāna. There are more than twenty deva temples where various tīrthikas dwell together. The city is built of brick walls several tens of feet high, with lofty and steep battlements. At the beginning of the kalpa, when human beings first appeared, they dwelt in the wild and nested in caves. Later, a heavenly maiden descended among humans, wandered along the Gaṅgā River, and washed in its current to admire her beauty; moved by spiritual resonance, she became pregnant and gave birth to four sons, who partitioned Jambudvīpa, dividing its territories and establishing cities. This city was the capital of one of the sons, who was the very first ruler of Jambudvīpa. The land is warm and suitable for elephants. One hundred and fifty li east of the city, south of the Gaṅgā River, water encircles an isolated islet; on the cliff in its midst is a deva temple of great spiritual power. Herds of wild elephants roam along the borders of the country. Going east again for more than four hundred li, one arrives at
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