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釋迦方志 2.71

釋迦方志 2.71

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Classical Chinese

2.71

鉢伐多國(北印度)屬磔迦也。周五千餘里都城周二十餘里。人咸雜信。寺十餘僧千餘人。小大兼學。有育王塔。天祠二十。城側大寺僧百餘人。並大乘學。近天火燒之。土多旱稻。從信度西南千六百里。至。

the kingdom of Parvata (North India), which is subject to Ṭakka. It is more than five thousand li in circuit, and the capital is more than twenty li in circuit. The people have mixed faith. There are over ten monasteries and more than a thousand monks, who study both the Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna. There is an Aśoka stūpa and twenty deva temples. In a great monastery beside the city there are over one hundred monks, all studying the Mahāyāna; recently, heavenly fire burned it. The land produces much upland rice. Going 1,600 li southwest from Sindhu, one reaches

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