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釋迦方志 2.72

釋迦方志 2.72

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Classical Chinese

2.72

阿點婆翅羅國(西印度)周五千里。都城周三十餘里。僻在西境地卑下。臨信度河濱大海。重佛法寺八十餘僧五千餘人。多小乘正量部。天祠十所塗灰外道也。佛曾遊此育王立六塔。又城西減二千里。至。

the kingdom of Audumbaraṭira (West India), which is five thousand li in circuit. The capital is more than thirty li in circuit. It lies secluded on the western frontier, low-lying, bordering the Sindhu River and the great sea. They revere the Buddha's Dharma; there are over eighty monasteries and more than five thousand monks, mostly of the Hīnayāna Saṃmatīyanikāya. There are ten deva temples belonging to ash-smearing tīrthikas. The Buddha once travelled here, and King Aśoka erected six stūpas. Going just under two thousand li west of the city again, one reaches

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