[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) › 2.57 # 釋迦方志 2.57 釋迦方志 2.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.57) 國東南隅數千里那羅稽羅洲。人長三尺鳥喙惟食椰子　國洲東南隅有䮚迦山鬼神所遊。佛於此說經。洲西浮海數千里。孤島東崖石佛高百餘尺。東面坐以月愛珠為肉髻。月將迴照。水即懸注人食之矣。洲西浮海又數千里有大寶洲。無人居止往無達者。又於達羅毘國北林行二千餘里。至。 > In the southeast corner of the country, several thousand li away, is Nārikeladvīpa; the people are three feet tall with bird-like beaks and eat only coconuts. In the southeast corner of the country's island is Mount Laṅkā, where spirits roam; the Buddha preached sutras here. Floating across the sea for several thousand li west of the island, on the eastern cliff of an isolated isle, is a stone Buddha over a hundred feet high, seated facing east, with a moon-beloved gem (candrakānta) as its uṣṇīṣa; when the moon shines upon it, water pours down, and people drink it. Floating across the sea several thousand li further west of the island, there is the Great Gem Isle (Ratnadvīpa), uninhabited; those who go there never reach it. Travelling over 2,000 li through the northern forest of the Drāviḍa country, one reaches \[the following kingdom\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.56) - [Next: 2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.58) - [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.2.57) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.11.12) — Xuanzang & 辯機, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.57) · Pramāṇa