涅槃經遊意 1.77

1.77

初明異名者：或云泥洹，或云泥曰。肇師云：「彼國楚夏不同耳。」大亮云：「涅槃者異俗之音，音有楚夏，涅槃正中天竺之音也。」或云：「此三名目於三本，《泥曰》此是中本，《泥洹》是六卷經，《涅槃》則此大本。」今謂未必然也，大本亦得名大泥洹經也。

First, explaining the different names: some say nihuan, and some say niri. Master Zhao said: “In that country, regional dialects simply differed.” Daliang said: “Nirvāṇa is the sound of a different vernacular; sounds have regional dialects, and nirvāṇa is precisely the sound of Central India.” Some say: “These three names designate three recensions: Niri is the medium recension, Nihuan is the six-fascicle sūtra, and Nirvāṇa is this large recension.” Now I say this is not necessarily so; the large recension can also be called the Da nihuan jing.