釋迦方志 1.71

1.71

The kingdom of Govisana (Central India) is more than two thousand li in circuit, and the capital is fourteen or fifteen li [in circuit]. There are two monasteries, with more than a hundred monks who study the Hīnayāna. There are more than thirty deva temples, where tīrthikas live mingled together. The city is solid, steep, and rugged. Beside it, an ancient monastery's stūpa is more than two hundred feet high; here the Buddha once preached the Dharma for one month. There are two stūpas for hair and nail relics, each more than ten feet high. Beside them are the sitting-traces of the four buddhas. Travelling further southeast for more than four hundred li, one arrives at the kingdom of Ahicchatra (Central India), more than three thousand li in circuit. The capital is seventeen or eighteen li in circuit. There are more than ten monasteries, with more than a thousand monks who study the Hīnayāna Saṃmatīyanikāya. There are nine deva temples, with more than three hundred tīrthikas. The city relies on steep and solid ground; outside it, beside a pool, is the place where the Buddha preached the Dharma to a nāga for seven days. A stūpa was erected; beside it are the walking- and sitting-traces of the four buddhas, marked by an erected stūpa. Going south for two hundred and seventy li, one crosses the Gaṅgā River; southwest, one reaches the kingdom of Vilasāna (Central India), more than two thousand li in circuit, with a capital more than ten li in circuit. They believe in the tīrthikas and pay little respect to the Buddhadharma. There are two monasteries, with three hundred monks, all of whom study the Mahāyāna. There are five deva temples. A stūpa in a monastery inside the city is more than a hundred feet high; here the Buddha once preached the doctrine of the skandhas and dhātus for seven days. The walking- and sitting-traces of the four buddhas still remain here. Travelling east for more than two hundred li, one arrives at: