大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 89.38

89.38

In the commentary on the thirty-sixth [syllable], 'ṇa' (拏, pronounced nǎi-kě), another translation has the syllable 'ṇa' (儜). It first explains the meaning, and then from 'meaning that by constantly observing' downward correlates it with the sūtra. The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa states: 'If one hears the syllable ṇa, one immediately knows that all phenomena and sentient beings neither go nor come, are neither born nor extinguished, neither sit nor lie down, neither stand nor rise, being the emptiness of sentient beings and the emptiness of phenomena, because in South India ṇa means not.' The explanation says: Going and so forth are noisy dispute; non-existence is not rising—both are ungraspable, and only then is it wisdom (prajñā).