釋迦方志 2.69

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信度國（西印度）周七千餘里。都城三十餘里。土出金銀鍮石。一峯馲駝極卑小。出赤白黑鹽。信佛法寺數百僧萬餘人。並小乘正量部。而多怠行。天祠三十異道雜居。佛屢遊此育王建塔數十焉　有烏河側千餘里陂澤間數百千戶。牧牛為業惟殺是務。無貴賤男女道俗之別。而剃頭髮服袈裟。形同比丘樂行鄙俗。又懷小見排斥大乘。昔有羅漢乘空往化。授三歸已剃染行法。後還服本風俗故爾。自東九百餘里。越信度東岸。至。

the kingdom of Sindhu (West India), which is more than seven thousand li in circuit. The capital is more than thirty li. The land produces gold, silver, brass, one-humped camels that are extremely small and low, and red, white, and black salt. They believe in the Buddha's Dharma; there are several hundred monasteries and more than ten thousand monks, all of the Hīnayāna Saṃmatīyanikāya, though many are lax in their conduct. There are thirty deva temples where tīrthikas live together. The Buddha repeatedly travelled here, and King Aśoka built several tens of stūpas. Along the marshlands beside the *Avanda River for over a thousand li there are hundreds of thousands of households whose occupation is cattle herding, with slaughter as their sole pursuit. There is no distinction between high and low, male and female, or clergy and laity; yet they shave their heads and wear kāṣāya robes, resembling monks in form while delighting in base worldly practices. Moreover, they hold small views and reject the Mahāyāna. Formerly, an arhat travelled through the air to convert them, and after conferring the three refuges upon them, they shaved their heads, dyed their robes, and practiced the Dharma; later, they reverted to their original customs, which is why it is so. Going more than nine hundred li east and crossing to the eastern bank of the Sindhu, one reaches