法華義疏 1.238

1.238

「富樓那」者，翻之為滿，王舍城婆羅門兒。其祖父母將其所生父母，江邊祠天乞子，設華香供養梵天，及誦諸呪。母夜夢見有人以器盛滿雜寶持授與之，其安置腹前而寶器忽然入腹。覺後向夫述之，夫答婦云：「必是梵天與汝兒，此兒後當寶器具足一切能知。」因此遂生兒，太聰明遍學世伎術，出家後得羅漢，佛說法時能誦持之，善解其義伏諸外道。從夢寶器及所知二事作名，故稱為滿也。「彌多羅」者，此云慈行，四韋陀中有此品名，其母誦之，從所誦立名故名慈行。尼者翻為女，天竺名女為尼，名男為那，但名富樓那者多，故以母名標之。大意者、云滿者，蓋是慈行女之子也。舊云富樓那不異上，彌多羅此云善知識也。餘處或云滿願子也。

"Pūrṇa" is translated as "Full" (Mǎn). He was the son of a brahmin in Rājagṛha. His grandparents took his parents to the riverbank to sacrifice to the gods and pray for a son, setting out flowers and incense in offering to Brahmā and reciting various mantras. That night his mother dreamed that she saw someone holding a vessel filled with assorted jewels and presenting it to her. She placed it before her abdomen, and the jeweled vessel suddenly entered her womb. When she awoke, she related this to her husband. The husband answered his wife, saying, "It is surely Brahmā who has given you a son; this son will later possess the jeweled vessel [of the Dharma] and be capable of knowing everything." On account of this she subsequently gave birth to a son, who was extremely intelligent and thoroughly mastered all worldly arts. After leaving home, he attained arhatship. When the Buddha preached the Dharma, he was able to recite and uphold it; he was skilled at understanding its meaning and subduing all non-Buddhists. He was named from the two circumstances of the dream of the jeweled vessel and his knowledge; hence he was called "Full". "Maitrāyaṇī" is translated here as "Benevolent Practice" (Cíxíng). Among the four Vedas there is a chapter by this name, which his mother recited; she was named from what she recited, hence called "Benevolent Practice". "-nī" is translated as "woman"; in India a woman is called "-nī" and a man is called "-na". But because there were many named Pūrṇa, he was distinguished by his mother's name. The general meaning is: "Full" is the son of the woman of Benevolent Practice. The older rendering said that "Pūrṇa" did not differ from the above, while "Maitrāyaṇī" is translated here as "good friend" (kalyāṇamitra). Elsewhere he is also called "Son of the Fulfillment of Vows" (Mǎnyuànzǐ).