法苑珠林 29.53

29.53

又周巡西北越十餘國至波剌斯國。非印度所攝。此國多出金銀鍮石頗胝水精死多棄屍。佛鉢在王宮中。西北接拂懍國。出白狗子。本赤頭鴨生於穴中。案梁貢職圖云。去波斯北一萬里西南海島有西女國。非印度攝。拂懍年別送男夫配焉。略陳聖迹。依如前述。具列俗紀備存大本。

Further traveling in a circuit northwest, crossing over ten countries, one arrives at the country of Pārasa (Persia), which is not included in India. This country produces much gold, silver, brass, sphatika crystal, and rock crystal; upon death, corpses are mostly cast away. The Buddha's bowl is in the royal palace. To the northwest it borders the country of Fulin (Byzantium). It produces white puppies, which originally come from red-headed ducks giving birth in burrows. According to the Liang Dynasty's Illustrated Treatise on Tributary States, ten thousand li north of Persia, on an island in the southwest sea, is the Country of Western Women, not included in India. Each year Byzantium sends men to mate with them. The sacred traces have been briefly presented, in accordance with the prior narration; the full worldly records are completely preserved in the great original.