法苑珠林 29.30

29.30

又從此東北大林疏嶮。行五百里至拘尸那揭羅國。屬中印度。城荒人少。城內東北角塔是純陀故宅。其井猶美。營供所穿。城西北四里度阿恃多伐底河（唐云有金）近西岸娑羅林。兩林中間相去數十步。中有四樹特高。作大甎精舍。中造佛涅槃像。北首而臥。傍高二百餘尺。前有石柱記佛滅相。有云當此土三月十五日者。說有部云。當此九月八日。諸部異議云。至今龍朔三年則經一千二百年。此依菩提寺石柱記也。或云一千三百年。或云一千五百年。或云始過九百未滿千者。其精舍側有佛昔為雉王救火及鹿救生各立一塔。次西塔者。是蘇跋陀羅（唐云善現）滅證處。次有一塔。是執金剛神躄地處。次側一塔。是停棺七日處。次側一塔。是阿泥樓陀上天告母降來哭佛處。城北度尼連禪那河三百步塔者。是佛涅疊般那處（唐云焚燒）地今黃黑土雜灰炭。有祈感者剋獲舍利。次側一塔佛為大迦葉波現雙足處。次有一塔。前立石柱。刻記八國分舍利事。

Traveling five hundred li northeast from here through a great forest, sparse yet perilous, one reaches the country of Kuśinagara, which belongs to Central India. The city is desolate with few inhabitants. The stūpa at the northeast corner inside the city is the old residence of Cunda; its well is still sweet, having been dug when he prepared the offerings. Four li northwest of the city, crossing the Ajitavatī River (in Tang, "Having Gold"), near the west bank is the Śāla Grove. The two groves are several tens of paces apart, with four especially tall trees in their midst; a large brick vihāra has been made there, containing a statue of the Buddha entering nirvāṇa, lying with his head to the north. Beside it, [a stūpa] is over two hundred feet high; in front of it is a stone pillar recording the signs of the Buddha's extinction. Some say it corresponds to the fifteenth day of the third month in this land; the Sarvāstivāda says it corresponds to the eighth day of the ninth month. The various schools debate this: up to the third year of Longshuo (663 CE), 1,200 years have passed, according to the inscription on the stone pillar at the Mahābodhi Monastery; others say 1,300 years, others 1,500 years, and others say it has only just passed 900 and not yet reached 1,000. Beside the vihāra are two stūpas, erected for the Buddha's past lives when as a pheasant king he quenched a fire and as a deer he saved lives. The stūpa next to the west is where Subhadra (in Tang, "Good Manifestation") attained extinction and realization. Next is a stūpa where the Vajrapāṇi deity collapsed to the ground. Next beside it is a stūpa where the coffin was halted for seven days. Next beside it is a stūpa where Aniruddha went up to heaven to inform the Mother, who descended to weep over the Buddha. Crossing the Nairañjanā River three hundred paces north of the city, the stūpa is the place of the Buddha's *nirdahana* (in Tang, "cremation"); the earth there is now yellowish-black, mixed with ashes and charcoal, and those whose prayers resonate truly obtain relics. Next beside it is a stūpa where the Buddha manifested his two feet for Mahākāśyapa. Next is a stūpa before which a stone pillar is erected, inscribed with a record of the division of the relics among the eight kingdoms.