大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 5.23

5.23

When the commentary says 'subsuming is containing,' the commentator takes the meaning of 'subsuming' and further explains it as 'containing'; because he previously stated 'because of containing and subsuming,' he repeats and explains it. From the commentary's 'As for the three piṭakas...' downward, the second specific explanation is divided into two: first, the three piṭakas; second, the two piṭakas. In the former are three parts: first, general enumeration; second, from 'Within the first' downward, specific explanation; third, from 'However, these three piṭakas...' downward, generally showing what is expressed. In the second part, the three piṭakas constitute three divisions, all first presenting and then explaining. From the commentary's 'Now, the first is also named...' downward, it explains. Within this are four points: 1. reconciling the Sanskrit phonetics; 2. recounting ancient translations; 3. recounting ancient refutations; 4. reconciling accord and discord. This is the first. Regarding 'The Sanskrit phonetic sūtra (sūtraṃ)': the Tang Tripiṭaka Master translated it saying, 'This is the language of Central India. Master Shi [Kumārajīva] mostly translated it as xiuduoluo (sūtra), or as xiudulu, which largely communicated with the various regions of India. Master Shi was from Kucha, close to Eastern India. Tripiṭaka Master Śikṣānanda was from Khotan, mostly close to the Northeast. However, Master Shi also travelled through the five Indias, and depending on what he received over time there were minor differences in tone and weight, but speaking of their general purport, the principle was not discordant. Yet earlier and later Tripiṭaka masters mostly said xiuduoluo.' Regarding 'The Sanskrit phonetics have variations like Chu and Xia': Qin and Luoyang were called Zhonghua (Central Cathay), also named Huaxia, and also called Zhongxia. Huainan is the land of Chu and not the central region; the phonetic pronunciations and callings of Chu and Luoyang differ in tone and weight. Now the Sanskrit language of the Western Regions resembles this: Central India is like Zhongxia, and the other four are like Chu and Shu. Among the Tripiṭaka masters who came from the west, some were from Southern India, some from Northern India, and some from Central India, with the east and west each being different.