華嚴經探玄記 1.81

1.81

Third, the metaphorical name: according to the names in the Nirvāṇa Sūtra and the Guanfo sanmei jing, this sūtra is called the Miscellaneous Flowers Sūtra (Zahua jing), because the myriads of practices interlace and adorn it, assembled through conditioned arising; designating the title from the metaphor, it is just like miscellaneous flowers.