法華義疏 1.151

1.151

「耆闍崛山」者，此云鷲頭山也。然此五山峯各有所像，今之一山似鷲頭，故以名鷲。佛滅度後，阿育王見其山頂似鷲，使人鑿作兩翅兩足及尾，故全如鷲鳥出。陸蹬《地理記》「城山相去凡十五里」。

'Gṛdhrakūṭa' here means 'Vulture Peak'. Now, the summits of these five mountains each resemble something. The present mountain resembles a vulture's head; hence it is named 'Vulture'. After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, King Aśoka saw that its summit resembled a vulture, and dispatched people to chisel out two wings, two feet, and a tail, so that it appeared entirely like a vulture bird. Lu Deng's *Dili ji* (*Geographical Record*) states: 'The city and the mountain are separated by a total of fifteen li.'