[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904) › v2.c19.39 # On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.39 On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.39 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.39) In some translations of the Indian books the name of the monastery is \*Ki-t'ou-mo\* (雞頭摩), \*Ki\* being the translation¹ of \*Kukkuṭa\* and \*t'ou-mo\* being perhaps for \*dhāma\*, site or house. In other works it is the Cock-wood Vihāra or the Cock-bird Vihāra,² and it seems to be sometimes called Aśokārāma. In his mention of the Brethren brought together in this establishment by Asoka, Yuan-chuang may have had in his mind the Council which met under the auspices of that sovereign. The passage about this assembly has been misunderstood, and consequently wrongly interpreted, by Julien. He renders \*fan-shêng\* (凡聖) by "les laics et les hommes doués de sainteté", and divorces them from their proper union. They belong to the words which precede and qualify them, the \*fan\* being the common Brethren who were still learners, and the \*shêng\* those who were arhats. There was an earlier Kukkuṭārāma near Pāṭaliputta, probably only huts in the park. Asoka may have built a monastery on this ancient site. There was also another Kukkuṭārāma, near Kosambi, in the Buddha's time. - [Previous: v2.c19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.38) - [Next: v2.c19.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.40) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.39) · Pramāṇa