入楞伽心玄義 1.40

1.40

初、翻名者，梵言楞伽，此云難入，亦云險絕，復云可畏，亦曰莊嚴。阿伐哆陀羅，此云下入。以梵語中下入上入悉有別名，唯從上下入別有此名，如入菩薩等解。四卷者翻為無上，此甚訛也，勘諸梵本及十卷中都無寶字。十卷中翻為入者，當名也。

First, translating the name: in Sanskrit it is called Laṅkā, which is rendered here as 'difficult to enter,' also called 'precipitous and steep,' further called 'formidable,' and also called 'adorned.' Avatāra is rendered here as 'descending into.' Because in the Sanskrit language descending into and ascending into each have separate names, solely entering downward from above has this distinct name, as explained in entering the bodhisattva [stages], and so forth. The four-fascicle version translates it as 'unsurpassed'—this is very erroneous; examining various Sanskrit manuscripts and the ten-fascicle version, there is no character 'jewel' [or 'unsurpassed'] at all. The translation as 'entering' in the ten-fascicle version is the correct name.