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大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 2.16

大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 2.16

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2.16

經云「若摩奴闍」者,《智度》翻為人,即是人執也,具譯當言人生。此是自在天外道部類,計人即從人生,故以為名。唐三藏云「意生」,非也。末那是意,今云末奴,聲轉義別,誤耳。

The sūtra says: "Or manuṣya." The *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa* translates this as "human" (ren), which is the grasping onto a human; a full translation should be "human-born" (manuja). This is a faction of the Īśvara non-Buddhists, who hold that humans are born from humans, and thus take this as their name. The Tripiṭaka Master of the Tang says "mind-born" (manas-ja), which is incorrect. *Manas* is mind; here it is *manu*, which has shifted in sound and differs in meaning, hence an error.

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