[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) › 6.9 # 法苑珠林 6.9 法苑珠林 6.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.9) 如婆沙論說。餓鬼有二住。一正。二邊。第一正住者。說之不定。彼論說云。此閻浮提五百由旬之下有餓鬼界。被閻羅王領。是其正處。又善生優婆塞經。亦同此說。五百由旬之下有閻羅鬼王城。周匝四面七萬五百千由旬。王領鬼眾於中止住。又如五道苦經說。此之餓鬼。正住彼鐵圍兩山中間。故說偈言。 > As the \*Mahāvibhāṣā\* says, hungry ghosts have two \[types of\] abodes: first, the primary; second, the peripheral. As for the first, the primary abode, the accounts vary. That treatise says: "Five hundred yojanas beneath this Jambudvīpa there is the hungry ghost realm, governed by King Yama; that is their primary place." The \*Upāsaka-śīla Sūtra\* also shares this account: "Five hundred yojanas below there is the city of the ghost king Yama, seventy-five thousand yojanas on all four sides. The king governs the assembly of ghosts and dwells within it." Furthermore, as the \*Sūtra on the Sufferings of the Five Destinies\* says: "These hungry ghosts primarily dwell between the two Iron Ring Mountains (Cakravāḍa)." Thus a verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.8) - [Next: 6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.10) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.6.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.6.9) · Pramāṇa