[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) › [涅槃經遊意](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768) › 1.90 # 涅槃經遊意 1.90 涅槃經遊意 1.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768.1.90) 第一、大亮師明涅槃無翻。彼云：涅槃是如來神通之極號，常樂八味之都名。涅槃是異俗之名，名有楚夏，前後互出乃有三名。涅槃正是中天竺之音名含眾義，此方無一名以譯之，存其胡本焉。此遠述河西乃至大濟，皆同此說也。 > First, Master Daliang explained that nirvāṇa cannot be translated. He said: “Nirvāṇa is the ultimate designation of the Tathāgata’s spiritual powers, the collective name for permanence, bliss, and the eight flavors. Nirvāṇa is the name of a different vernacular; names have regional dialects, and appearing mutually earlier and later there are three names. Nirvāṇa is precisely the sound of Central India; its name contains manifold meanings, and this country has no single name with which to translate it, so its foreign original is preserved.” This extends from Hexi as far as Daji, all sharing this explanation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768.1.89) - [Next: 1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768.1.91) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768~en-mt.1.90) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大般涅槃經集解](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1763.1.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1768.1.90) · Pramāṇa