金光明經玄義 1.10

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二、翻譯者，真諦三藏云「具存外國音，應言修跋拏婆頗婆欝多摩因陀羅遮閱那修多羅。修跋拏，此言金。婆頗婆，此言光。欝多摩，此言明。因陀羅，此言帝。遮閱那，此言王。修多羅，此言經。外國又稱佛陀羅，此間所無。」又略「帝王」兩字，但存三字者，漢人好略，譯者省之，但翻為金光明經也。餘師翻不及此委悉也。

Second, regarding translation: Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha said, “Fully preserving the foreign pronunciation, it should be called *Suvarṇa-prabhāsa-uttama-indra-rājena-sūtra*. *Suvarṇa* here is called gold. *Prabhāsa* here is called light. *Uttama* here is called brilliance. *Indra* here is called sovereign. *Rājena* here is called king. *Sūtra* here is called scripture. In the foreign country it is also called *pustaka*, which does not exist here.” Furthermore, the omission of the two characters “Sovereign King” leaving only three characters is because the Chinese prefer brevity; the translator condensed it and merely translated it as *Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra*. The translations of other masters do not attain such thoroughness.