法苑珠林 29.25

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又隔二國東南行至鉢羅伽耶國。屬中印度。王城西南臨閻牟河。曲中有塔。佛曾於此降外道處。有髮爪塔經行迹處。又有提婆菩薩作廣百論處。城中有天祠。堂前大樹枝葉蒙密。有食人鬼。依之左右遺骸為𧂐人至祠中無不輕命。上樹投下為鬼所誘。城東兩河間交廣十餘里。土地平豐細沙彌布。古今王豪諸貴。諸有捨施莫不止焉。號為大施場。戒日大王亦修此業。場東合流口。日數人自溺而死。彼俗名為生天所也。有欲行此法者。於七日中絕粒自沈中流。遠近相趣。乃至山猨野獸群麁等。亦游水濱絕食沈死。當戒日王行施之時。有二獼猴雌為狗殺雄者負屍擲此河中。雄者又自餓累日而死。

Further, passing two kingdoms and traveling southeast, one reaches the kingdom of Prayāga, belonging to Central India. Bordering the Yamunā River to the southwest of the royal city, in a bend of the river, is a stūpa where the Buddha formerly subdued non-Buddhists. There is a hair-and-nail stūpa and the site of his walking promenade. There is also the place where Bodhisattva Āryadeva composed the Śata-śāstra-vaipulya. In the city there is a heavenly temple; before its hall stands a great tree with dense foliage, where a man-eating demon dwells. Beside it, the left-over bones form mounds; all who enter the temple throw away their lives, lured by the demon to climb the tree and cast themselves down. East of the city, between the two rivers, the confluence is more than ten li wide; the land is level and fertile, covered with fine sand. From ancient times to the present, kings, grandees, and all nobles who gave away gifts invariably stopped here; hence it is called the Great Field of Giving. The Great King Śīlāditya also cultivated this practice. East of the field, at the confluence, several people drown themselves to death each day; the locals call it the place of rebirth in heaven. Those who wish to follow this practice fast for seven days and submerge themselves in the middle of the current. People flock here from near and far; even mountain apes, wild beasts, and herds of game roam to the water's edge, fast, and drown themselves. When King Śīlāditya was distributing gifts, there were two macaques; after the female was killed by dogs, the male carried her corpse and threw it into this river, and the male then starved himself for several days and died.