[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) › 2.5 # 釋迦方志 2.5 釋迦方志 2.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.5) 人壽數千歲時。更因波吒釐樹名波吒釐子城。古名巴連弗者訛也。故宮北石柱高數丈。無憂王作地獄處。佛涅槃後第一百年。有阿輸迦王（言無憂也）即頻毘娑羅王之曾孫。自王舍城遷都此城。重築外郭。出異種稻。粒大而美光色奇異。名供大人米也。宮北臨殑伽河小城千餘家見存其獄石柱。南大塔寶飾覆鉢石作欄檻。即八萬四千之一也。安佛舍利一升。時有光瑞即無憂遇近護羅漢。役使鬼神所營。其側精舍中有大石。是佛欲涅槃。北趣拘尸南顧摩揭。故蹈石上之雙跡也。長尺八廣六寸。輪相華文十指各異。近為羯羅拏蘇伐刺那言金耳國。設償迦王言月也。毀壞佛跡鑿已還平文采如故。乃捐殑河中尋復本處。次側有四佛行坐塔。 > When human life expectancy was several thousand years, it was renamed Pāṭaliputra on account of the pāṭali tree. The ancient name of Balianfu is an error. North of the old palace is a stone pillar several tens of cubits high, the site where King Aśoka constructed his hell. One hundred years after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, King Aśoka (which means 'Without Sorrow'), who was the great-grandson of King Bimbisāra, moved his capital from Rājagṛha to this city and rebuilt the outer ramparts. The land produces a rare variety of rice, large-grained and delicious, with a wonderful luster, known as 'rice for noblemen'. North of the palace, fronting the Gaṅgā River, is a small walled town of over a thousand households; the stone pillar of that hell is still extant. To the south is a great stūpa decorated with gems and an inverted bowl, with stone railings, which is one of the eighty-four thousand \[stūpas\]. It houses one measure of the Buddha's relics, which occasionally emit auspicious rays of light; it was built by Aśoka when he met the arhat Upagupta and employed ghosts and spirits. Beside it, in a vihāra, is a large stone bearing the two footprints the Buddha made when, on the verge of entering nirvāṇa, he walked north toward Kuśinagara and turned back to gaze at Magadha. They are one cubit and eight inches long and six inches wide; the wheel marks, lotus motifs, and ten toes all differ. Recently, King Śaśāṅka (which means 'Moon') of Karṇasuvarṇa (which means 'Golden Ear Country') tried to destroy the Buddha's footprints, but after channelling them out, they became smooth again and the patterns returned to their former state. He then threw \[the stone\] into the Gaṅgā, but it soon returned to its original place. Beside it is a stūpa commemorating the walking and sitting of the four buddhas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.4) - [Next: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.6) - [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.2.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.5) · Pramāṇa