On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s2.35

v2.c18.s2.35

The name was probably Bahuputraka (or Bahuputra)-chaitya, in Chinese To-tzŭ-t'a, "the Tope (or Chaitya) of Many Sons." There was a celebrated tope with this name on the west side of Vesāli.¹ In the Divyāvadāna² we read of the "Bahupattraka ("much foliage") chaitya at Vesāli, and this is probably the Bahuputra chaitya of other books, and the tope of our text. This tope may also be the "Laying down arms tope" of Fa-hsien who makes the 1000 sons give in their submission at a place three li to the north-west of the city. The Bahuputra chaitya was devoted to the Buddhists, but it was also held sacred by the non-Buddhists of Vesali, and there was a temple with this name near the city of Rājagaha.