釋迦方志 1.64

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the country of Cīnabhukti (in North India), over two thousand li in circumference. The capital city is fourteen to fifteen li in circumference. There are ten monasteries and eight deva temples. More than five hundred li southeast of the city, one reaches the Tāmasavana Monastery, over twenty li in circumference, with hundreds and thousands of Buddha relic stupas, as well as stone chambers, etc. There are three hundred monks, who study the Hīnayāna Sarvāstivāda school. Their moral conduct is pure and lofty, their learning of the Lesser Vehicle broad. All the thousand buddhas of the Bhadrakalpa preached the Dharma here. In the third century after the parinirvāṇa of Śākyamuni, Kātyāyana composed the Jñānaprasthāna-śāstra here. The monastery stupa is more than two hundred feet high, with the traces where the four buddhas walked and sat. Traveling east from here for one hundred and fifty li, one reaches the country of Jālandhara (in North India), more than a thousand li from east to west and six hundred li from north to south. The capital city is more than ten li in circumference. There are fifty monasteries and more than two thousand monks, specializing in both the Great and Lesser Vehicles. There are three deva temples and five hundred tīrthikas. Crossing mountains northeast for more than seven hundred li, one reaches