[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) › 63.22 # 法苑珠林 63.22 法苑珠林 63.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [63.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.22) 如分別功德論云。天及龍皆能降雨。何以取別。天雨細霧下者是。龍雨麁下者是。又阿脩羅共天鬪時。亦能降雨有二種。有喜雨。有瞋雨。若雨和調者。是歡喜雨。若雷電霹靂者。是瞋恚雨（自外雲雨雷電等並如前日月篇說）。 > As the \*Treatise on Distinguishing Merit\* states: Both devas and nāgas can cause rain to fall. How are they distinguished? Rain from devas falls as fine mist; rain from nāgas falls as coarse drops. Furthermore, when the asuras fight with the devas, they can also cause rain to fall, which is of two kinds: there is rain of joy, and rain of anger. If the rain is harmonious and temperate, it is rain of joy; if there is thunder and lightning strikes, it is rain of anger. (Clouds, rain, thunder, and lightning besides these are all as explained previously in the chapter on the Sun and Moon.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 63.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.21) - [Next: 63.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.23) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.63.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.22) · Pramāṇa