[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) › [大毘盧遮那成佛經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796) › 2.17 # 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 2.17 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.2.17) 經云「摩納婆」者，是毘紐天外道部類，正翻應言勝我，言我於身心中最為勝妙也。彼常於心中，觀我可一寸許。《智度》亦云「有計神在心中，微細如芥子。清淨名為淨色，或如豆麥，乃至一寸。初受身時，最在前受，譬如像骨。及其成身，如像已莊。」唐三藏翻為儒童，非也。儒童，梵云摩拏婆，此云納，義別，誤耳（此二名是菩提闍梨解）。 > The sūtra says: "Māṇava." This is a faction of the Viṣṇu non-Buddhists. A correct translation would be "supreme self," stating that the self is the most supreme and subtle within body and mind. They constantly contemplate in their minds a self of about one inch. The \*Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa\* also says: "Some hold that the spirit resides in the mind, subtle as a mustard seed. Being pure, it is called pure form; or it is like a bean or grain of barley, up to one inch. When first receiving a body, it is received earliest of all, like the armature of an image; when the body is completed, it is like the image fully adorned." The Tripiṭaka Master of the Tang translated it as "Brahmanical youth" (ru-tong), which is incorrect. A Brahmanical youth is \*māṇavaka\* in Sanskrit; here it is \*māṇava\*, which differs in meaning, hence an error. (These two names were explained by Ācārya Bodhi.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796~en-mt.2.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.2.17) · Pramāṇa