釋迦方志 2.57
English (machine translation) 2.57
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2.57
In the southeast corner of the country, several thousand li away, is Nārikeladvīpa; the people are three feet tall with bird-like beaks and eat only coconuts. In the southeast corner of the country's island is Mount Laṅkā, where spirits roam; the Buddha preached sutras here. Floating across the sea for several thousand li west of the island, on the eastern cliff of an isolated isle, is a stone Buddha over a hundred feet high, seated facing east, with a moon-beloved gem (candrakānta) as its uṣṇīṣa; when the moon shines upon it, water pours down, and people drink it. Floating across the sea several thousand li further west of the island, there is the Great Gem Isle (Ratnadvīpa), uninhabited; those who go there never reach it. Travelling over 2,000 li through the northern forest of the Drāviḍa country, one reaches [the following kingdom].
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- 釋迦方志 — 道宣, Classical Chinese