注維摩詰經 1.24

1.24

肇曰：比丘，秦言或名淨乞食、或名破煩惱、或名淨持戒、或名能怖魔。天竺一名該此四義，秦言無一名以譯之，故存義名焉。別本云「摩訶比丘僧八千人俱」，什曰：共聞經人也。舉時、方、人三事以證其所聞也。摩訶，秦言大、亦言勝、亦言多。於一切眾中最上，天人所宗，故言大。能勝九十六種論議，故言勝。其數八千，故言多。比丘，秦言破煩惱、亦言乞士。除五種邪命養法身，故言乞士。比丘、菩薩不合數者，以比丘盡是肉身、菩薩多是法身，身異故。若肉身菩薩未正位取證，心異故。以二因緣，比丘、菩薩不合說也。所以先羅漢、後菩薩者，人謂菩薩未盡諸漏、智慧未具，羅漢三漏既盡、智慧成就，隨人情所推以為先後耳。

[Seng]zhao says: Bhikṣu, in the language of Qin is sometimes named pure beggar of food, sometimes named destroyer of afflictions, sometimes named pure keeper of precepts, sometimes named frightener of Māra. A single Indian name encompasses these four meanings; the Qin language has no single term to translate it, so the meaningful name is preserved.
Another edition says 'together with eight thousand mahābhikṣu-saṃgha'. [Kumāra]jīva says: These are the people who heard the sūtra together. Bringing up the three matters of time, place, and persons provides proof of what was heard. 'Mahā', in the language of Qin means great, also means superior, and also means many. Being supreme among all assemblies and venerated by devas and humans, it is called great; able to overcome ninety-six kinds of debates, it is called superior; their number being eight thousand, it is called many. 'Bhikṣu', in the language of Qin means destroyer of afflictions, and also means mendicant. Eliminating the five kinds of wrong livelihood to nourish the dharmakāya, they are called mendicants. The reason bhikṣus and bodhisattvas are not counted together is that bhikṣus all have physical bodies, while bodhisattvas mostly have dharmakāyas; their bodies are different. Furthermore, flesh-body bodhisattvas have not yet realized attainment in the correct position; their minds are different. Due to these two conditions, bhikṣus and bodhisattvas are not spoken of together. The reason arhats are listed first and bodhisattvas later is that people think bodhisattvas have not yet exhausted all outflows and their wisdom is not yet complete, while arhats have already exhausted the three outflows and accomplished wisdom; they are ordered first and last following human estimation.