[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [妙法蓮華經玄贊](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723) › 1.97 # 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.97 妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.97 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.97) 梵云摩訶迦多衍那，云迦旃延亦訛也。《大般若》云「大迦多衍那」，此云大剪剃種男，剪剃種者是婆羅門姓。上古多仙，山中靜處，年歲既久鬚髮稍長，無人為剃，婆羅門法污剃髮故。一仙有子，兄弟二人俱來觀父，小者乃為諸仙剃之，諸仙願護後成仙貴。爾來此種皆稱剪剃。尊者身是男子威德特尊，簡餘姓故云大剪剔種男。又西方亦有取母姓者，今顯是父姓故置男名。古云「繩扇」，母戀此子不肯改嫁，如繩繫扇故名繩扇；真諦云「思勝」，皆非也。 > In Sanskrit it is Mahā-Kātyāyana; saying 'Kātyāyana' \[迦旃延\] is also corrupted. The Large Prajñāpāramitā has 'Mahākātyāyana'; here it is translated as 'Male of the Great Hair-cutter Clan'. The Hair-cutter Clan is a Brahmin clan. In ancient times there were many ṛṣis in quiet places in the mountains; as years passed their beards and hair grew long, and no one shaved them, because Brahmin law considered hair-cutting defiling. One ṛṣi had two sons, who both came to visit their father; the younger shaved all the ṛṣis, and the ṛṣis vowed to protect him so that he later became a noble ṛṣi. From then on this clan was called 'Hair-cutter'. The Venerable was male and of distinguished prestige, so he is called 'Male of the Great Hair-cutter Clan' to distinguish him from other clans. Moreover, in the western regions some take the mother's clan, so 'male' is added now to clarify that this is the father's clan. In antiquity they translated it as 'Rope-Fan', saying his mother loved this son and refused to remarry, like a rope tied to a fan, whence the name 'Rope-Fan'; Paramārtha translated it as 'Superiority of Thought'; both are incorrect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.96) - [Next: 1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.98) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723~en-mt.1.97) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [阿彌陀經通贊疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1758.1.62) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1723.1.97) · Pramāṇa