佛說仁王般若波羅蜜經 2.9

2.9

「大王！昔有天羅國王，有一太子欲登王位，一名班足。太子為外道羅陀師受教，應取千王頭以祭家神。自登其位，已得九百九十九王，少一王。即北行萬里，即得一王，名普明王。其普明王白班足王言：『願聽一日飯食沙門，頂禮三寶。』其班足王許之一日。時普明王即依過去七佛法，請百法師，敷百高座，一日二時講般若波羅蜜八千億偈竟，其第一法師為普明王而說偈言：

"Great King! In the past there was a king of Aśmaka who had a crown prince about to ascend the royal throne, named Kalmāṣapāda. The prince received instruction from a non-Buddhist master named Luotuo, who told him that he should take the heads of one thousand kings to sacrifice to his ancestral deities. Having ascended the throne, he had already obtained nine hundred and ninety-nine kings, lacking only one king. He then traveled ten thousand li to the north and obtained a king named King Samantaprabhāsa. King Samantaprabhāsa said to King Kalmāṣapāda: 'I beg you to grant me one day to provide a meal for śramaṇas and to pay homage to the Three Jewels.' King Kalmāṣapāda granted him one day. Thereupon King Samantaprabhāsa, relying on the method of the past seven buddhas, invited one hundred dharma masters, set out one hundred high seats, and twice a day had them lecture through the eight hundred billion verses of the prajñāpāramitā. The foremost dharma master spoke a verse for King Samantaprabhāsa: