大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 76.31

76.31

Regarding the commentary's "if according to the Kośa, lakṣa is taken as yi": fascicle eleven of that treatise, explaining the three circles, contains the verse: "In establishing the receptacle world, / the wind circle rests at the very bottom; / its extent is vast and innumerable, / its thickness sixteen lakṣas. / Next above, the water circle's depth / is eleven hundred and twenty thousand [yojanas]; / the lower eight lakṣas of water / solidify into gold, save for the rest." Here, "eleven yi [and twenty thousand]" is the language of this land (China), while "lakṣa" below is Sanskrit. If both followed this land's usage, it should say that the lower eight yi are water, and the rest solidifies into gold. Hence we know that lakṣa is taken as yi.