釋迦方志 1.83

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the kingdom of Rāmagrāma (Central India). Most of its cities are deserted. To the southeast is a Buddha stūpa just under a hundred feet high, which formerly held one-eighth of the relics. A miraculous light occasionally arises. Beside it is a clear pond; a dragon transforms into a snake and comes out to encircle the stūpa, and wild elephants gather flowers to scatter upon it. When King Aśoka wished to open it, the dragon protected it and would not permit him.