[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 40.12 # 法苑珠林 40.12 法苑珠林 40.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.12) 又阿育王經云。八國王諍舍利各起兵。天帝釋自下曉喻。以金甖分之。闍王共數各得八萬四千舍利。餘有佛口一髭。無敢取者。以闍王初來得舍利及髭。還各歡喜作樂動天。難頭禾龍王。化作人身。到泥洹所。道逢闍王。還語王言。可持一分見與。王言。不可得。龍王言。我是難頭禾龍。能舉卿國土著八萬里外。磨碎成屑。闍王悑懼即奉佛髭與之。龍王即還須彌山下起水精塔。高八萬四千里。起水精瑠璃塔。闍王終後阿育王得其國土。時有大臣白阿育王言。難頭禾龍先輕闍王奪佛髭去。阿育王聞大瞋怒。即勅諸鬼神王作鐵網鐵罝。縱罝須彌山下水中欲縛取龍王。龍大驚悑共設計言。阿育事佛。當伺其臥取宮殿移著須彌山下水中。其瞋必息。即便遣龍捧取育王宮殿。王臥覺不知是何處。見水精塔高八萬四千里。喜悑交心。龍自出謝言。闍王自與我佛髭。我不奪也。佛在世時與我要言。般泥洹後劫盡之時。所有經戒及袈裟應器。我皆當取藏著是塔中。彌勒來下當復出著。阿育王聞此言大謝。實不知此。龍王便使諸龍還復王宮殿置於本處。又善見論云。帝釋宮內有二舍利。一佛右牙。二佛右缺盆骨。 > Furthermore, the Aśokāvadāna says: The kings of the eight countries disputed over the śarīra and each raised troops. Śakra, lord of the devas, descended in person to persuade them, dividing them with a golden jar. Counting them together with King Ajātaśatru, each obtained eighty-four thousand śarīra. There remained one whisker from the Buddha's mouth that no one dared take. Because King Ajātaśatru was the first to arrive, he obtained the śarīra and the whisker. Each returned rejoicing, making music that shook the heavens. The dragon king Nanda-Upananda transformed into a human body and came to the place of the parinirvāṇa. On the road, he met King Ajātaśatru and, turning back, said to the king: “You can take one share and give it to me.” The king said: “That cannot be done.” The dragon king said: “I am the dragon Nanda-Upananda; I can lift your kingdom and place it eighty thousand li away, grinding it into dust.” King Ajātaśatru was terrified and immediately offered the Buddha's whisker to him. The dragon king then returned to the foot of Mount Sumeru and erected a crystal stupa, eighty-four thousand li high; he erected a crystal and lapis lazuli stupa. After King Ajātaśatru passed away, King Aśoka gained his kingdom. At that time, a minister said to King Aśoka: “The dragon Nanda-Upananda formerly despised King Ajātaśatru and took away the Buddha's whisker.” Hearing this, King Aśoka was greatly enraged and immediately commanded all the spirit kings to make iron nets and iron snares, casting the snares into the water beneath Mount Sumeru wishing to bind and capture the dragon king. The dragon was greatly alarmed and frightened, and devised a plan together \[with others\], saying: “Aśoka serves the Buddha. We should wait until he is asleep, take his palace, and move it into the water beneath Mount Sumeru; his anger will surely cease.” They then dispatched dragons to carry King Aśoka's palace. When the king awoke from sleep, he did not know where he was. Seeing the crystal stupa, eighty-four thousand li high, joy and terror mingled in his heart. The dragon came out himself to apologise, saying: “King Ajātaśatru gave me the Buddha's whisker of his own accord; I did not snatch it. When the Buddha was in the world, he made an agreement with me: ‘After the parinirvāṇa, when the kalpa comes to an end, all the scriptures, precepts, kāṣāya robes, and bowls shall all be taken by me to be hidden and placed in this stupa. When Maitreya descends, they shall be brought out and presented again.’ ” Hearing these words, King Aśoka apologised deeply: “I truly did not know this.” The dragon king then caused the dragons to return the king's palace to its original place. Furthermore, the Samantapāsādikā says: Inside Śakra's palace there are two śarīra: the first is the Buddha's right tooth, and the second is the Buddha's right collarbone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.11) - [Next: 40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.13) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.40.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.12) · Pramāṇa