On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c15.114

v1.c15.114

There were some other places of interest to Buddhists which are described in Buddhist books as being in this Kosala country. One of these was the Ka-li-lo (迦利囉) Hall which was at a large cave not far from the capital.¹ This transcription is perhaps for Kaṭīra which means a cave, and may have been the name of a hill; or it may be for Kareru, a place often mentioned in the Pali books. It was in the Kalilo Hall that the Buddha delivered the very interesting cosmological sūtra entitled "Chi-shih-yin-pên-ching". Then near the capital was the So-lo-to (娑羅多), that is, Sālāra hill, with steep sides, in the caves of which Aniruddha and some hundreds of other bhikshus lodged.² Farther away and about three yojanas from Śrāvasti was the Śākya village called Lu-t'ang (鹿堂) or Deer-Hall. Here the Buddha had an establishment in which he lodged and preached, and in which he was visited by the king of Kosala.³