[Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms by Fa-Hsien]@TWC D-Link book
Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

CHAPTER V
3/4

There is in the country a spitoon which belonged to Buddha, made of stone, and in colour like his alms-bowl.

There is also a tooth of Buddha, for which the people have reared a tope, connected with which there are more than a thousand monks and their disciples,( 5) all students of the hinayana.

To the east of these hills the dress of the common people is of coarse materials, as in our country of Ts'in, but here also( 6) there were among them the differences of fine woollen cloth and of serge or haircloth.

The rules observed by the Sramans are remarkable, and too numerous to be mentioned in detail.

The country is in the midst of the Onion range.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books