[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大般涅槃經義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764) › 1.12 # 大般涅槃經義記 1.12 大般涅槃經義記 1.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.12) 經為能詮，外國正音名修多羅，此翻名線，以能貫穿一切法相，如線貫華，是故就喻說之為線。而言經者，線能貫華，經能持緯，其用相似，故復名經。若依俗訓，經者常也，教之一法，經古歷今，恒有曰常。 > The sūtra is that which expresses. The correct sound in foreign lands is sūtra, which is translated here as "thread" \[or "warp-string"\]: because it can thread through all marks of dharmas just as a thread strings flowers, it is called a thread by way of metaphor. As for saying "scripture" (jing): a thread can string flowers, and warp-threads can hold the weft; their functions are similar, hence it is also called a scripture (jing). According to worldly glosses, jing means constant: as a dharma of teaching, it passes through the ancient and traverses the present, and being ever-existent, it is called constant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.11) - [Next: 1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.13) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764~en-mt.1.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [維摩義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1776.1.7) — Classical Chinese - [無量壽經義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1745.1.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1764.1.12) · Pramāṇa