[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) › [注大乘入楞伽經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791) › 2.210 # 注大乘入楞伽經 2.210 注大乘入楞伽經 2.210 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.2.210) 汎論偈頌有四種不同，梵音亦異，仍具八意，不復備引。今此直明其大略：一、但字滿三十二，即為一頌；二、諷頌或名直頌，謂以偈說法，不頌長行；三、應頌，重頌長行也或為鈍根重說，或為後來之徒，或為增明前說；四、集施頌，謂以少言攝集多義，施他誦持故。今此經內，於前四中二三所攝。然凡言長行、偈諷相望，有五對之例，謂有無、廣略、離合、先後、隱顯。至文當審詳之。 > Generally speaking, verses (gāthās) have four different kinds, and their Sanskrit terms also differ; they still possess eight purposes, which will not be cited in full here. Now I shall directly clarify their general outline: First, simply when thirty-two syllables are completed, it constitutes one verse; second, recited verses (gāthā), also called direct verses, which teach the Dharma in verse without summarizing the prose; third, reiterative verses (geya), which repeat the prose, either to explain it again for those of dull faculties, or for later followers, or to further illuminate the previous explanation; fourth, collected and bestowed verses, meaning that few words gather many meanings to bestow upon others for recitation and upholding. Now within this sūtra, they are subsumed under the second and third of the previous four. However, whenever prose and recited verses are compared, there is a paradigm of five pairs: presence and absence, broad and concise, separation and combination, prior and posterior, and hidden and manifest. When coming to the text, one should examine them carefully. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.2.209) - [Next: 2.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.2.211) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791~en-mt.2.210) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.2.210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1791.2.210) · Pramāṇa