法苑珠林 6.55

6.55

如五道經說。餓鬼形量極大者長一由旬。頭如大山。咽內如針。頭髮蓬亂形容羸瘦。柱杖而行。如是者極眾。最小者如有知小兒。或曰。三寸中間形量。依經具說。不可備錄。

As the *Wudao jing* says, the bodily size of hungry ghosts at its largest is one yojana in length. The head is like a great mountain; the inside of the throat is like a needle; the hair is disheveled; the form is emaciated and lean; and they walk leaning on sticks. Those of this sort are extremely numerous. The smallest are like a sensible young child, or, as some say, three inches. The bodily sizes in between are fully expounded according to the sūtras and cannot be completely recorded.