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# 注維摩詰經 1.20

注維摩詰經 1.20

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.1.20)

什曰：據佛所在方也。毘，言稻土之所宜也。耶離，言廣嚴，其地平廣莊嚴。肇曰：毘耶離，國土名也，秦言廣嚴。其土平廣嚴事，因以為名也。

> \[Kumāra\]jīva says: Grounding where the Buddha was located. 'Vai' speaks of the suitability of the land for rice; 'śālī' speaks of vast and adorned, its land being flat, vast, and adorned.  
> \[Seng\]zhao says: Vaiśālī is the name of a country, in the language of Qin called Vast and Adorned. Its land is flat, vast, and adorned; it is named accordingly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.1.20) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.14) — Classical Chinese

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