[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) › 2.56 # 釋迦方志 2.56 釋迦方志 2.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.56) 僧伽羅國（非印度攝即執師子也）周七千餘里。都城周四十餘里人戶大盛。寺有數百僧二萬餘人。上座部也　宮側有佛牙精舍。高廣如前。宮中日建萬八千僧食。十數年來國亂方廢。佛牙側小精舍中。金銅坐像肉髻上安奇寶。昔人因禮見寶起貪。夜盜不及像首。乃曰。佛昔輕命為生今何悋寶乃爾。像乃俯首與之。後王知而不罪。王贖其寶還安像頂。至今低首。 > The kingdom of Siṃhala (not included in India; that is, 'holding a lion') is over 7,000 li in circuit. The capital is over 40 li in circuit, and the households are very prosperous. There are several hundred monasteries with over 20,000 monks, belonging to the Sthaviranikāya. Beside the palace is the Tooth Relic Vihāra, lofty and vast as described before. In the palace, food was provided daily for 18,000 monks; for the past decade or more it was abandoned due to rebellion in the country. In a small vihāra beside the Tooth Relic, there is a gilt-bronze seated statue, atop whose uṣṇīṣa is set a rare jewel. In the past, someone came to pay homage, saw the jewel, and gave rise to greed; stealing in at night, he could not reach the statue's head, whereupon he said: 'Formerly the Buddha thought lightly of his life for the sake of sentient beings; why are you so begrudging of a jewel now?' The statue then bowed its head and gave it to him. Later the king learned of this but did not punish him; the king ransomed the jewel and placed it back on the statue's head. To this day, its head remains bowed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.55) - [Next: 2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.57) - [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.2.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.56) · Pramāṇa