[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) › 2.39 # 釋迦方志 2.39 釋迦方志 2.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.39) 迦摩縷波國（東印度也）周萬餘里。都城周三十餘里。至今未有佛法。自事天神。天祠數百。異道數萬人。有摩羅王（言童子也）據之。相承千餘世矣。土泉溫郁人物昌盛。其國東境接唐西南。有諸蠻獠於彼朝貢云。可兩月行。便入蜀之西界。其國東南又饒野象。其王聞沙門玄奘名略遠來中天。迎請東達。既見傾仰奄若舊交。生信釋門光開佛教。奘又論議伏諸外道。授以歸戒更廣揚化。是則東天佛教由奘弘之。聲唱遐塞戒日王知。又延西返重加禮敬。事在別傳。從此南行千三百里。至。 > the country of Kāmarūpa (in Eastern India), over ten thousand li in circumference. The capital is more than thirty li in circumference. To this day the Buddha-Dharma has not existed there; they serve heavenly spirits on their own. There are several hundred deva temples and several tens of thousands of tīrthikas. King Kumāra (meaning 'Youth') rules over it, having inherited the throne through more than a thousand generations. The climate and springs are warm, and the population is prosperous. The country's eastern border adjoins the southwest of the Tang empire; there are various Man and Lao barbarians who present tribute there, saying that after a journey of about two months one enters the western borders of Shu. In the southeast of this country, wild elephants also abound. When its king heard the renowned name of the śramaṇa Xuanzang, who had come from afar to Central India, he invited him to travel east. Upon meeting him, he was filled with admiration as if with an old acquaintance; he gave rise to faith in the Śākya gate, gloriously opening the way for Buddhism. Xuanzang also subdued various non-Buddhists in debates, conferred upon them the refuges and precepts, and broadly propagated the transformation. Thus Buddhism in Eastern India was propagated by Xuanzang. When his fame spread to distant borders and King Śīlāditya learned of it, he also invited him back to the west, treating him with re-doubled courtesy. The details are in his separate biography. Traveling south from here for one thousand three hundred li, one arrives at > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.38) - [Next: 2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.40) - [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.2.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.39) · Pramāṇa