妙法蓮華經玄贊 4.176

4.176

The Eulogy says: This single verse treats using nine materials to make stūpas. "Stone shrines" are stone buddha-halls, formerly called chítí, now called zhìduō (caitya), translated as 'spiritual shrine'; it should be written with the character miào (shrine), miào meaning appearance (mào). The Baihu tong and Yupian say: 'Where the venerable appearance of the ancestors resides, it is called a shrine.' As for "mìmù" (fragrant wood), the Zilin says 'fragrant wood', the Qieyun writes it as mì, and the Yupian writes it as mì. This tree resembles the scholar tree (huái) and is exceedingly fragrant; it can only be used five years after being felled. If one extracts its fragrance, it must be ground in advance, and only after a long time does the fragrance emerge.