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釋迦方志 2.60

釋迦方志 2.60

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Classical Chinese

2.60

阿吒釐國(南印度)周六千餘里。都城周二十餘里。人盛滿家事天神。祠十餘所異道雜居。土地沙鹵。出胡椒樹如蜀椒樹。又出熏陸香。樹葉如棠也。又從摩臘國西北三日行(彼百里為一日行)。

the kingdom of Aṭali (South India), which is more than six thousand li in circuit. The capital is more than twenty li in circuit. The population is abundant; every household serves the devas. There are more than ten temples where tīrthikas live together. The soil is sandy and saline; it produces pepper trees that resemble the Sichuan pepper tree. It also produces frankincense (kunduruka); the tree leaves resemble the flowering crabapple. Further, going northwest from the kingdom of Mālava for three days (there, a hundred li makes one day's journey),

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