四分律行事鈔資持記 2.803

2.803

《多論》四節，初明重寶。摩尼，此翻離垢，言不為垢染故。真珠，即蜯珠。珊瑚，《智論》云：海中石樹。車渠，《尚書》大傳云：大貝如大車之渠（渠即車輞）。馬碯，石類；應法師云：此寶色如馬之腦。當取等者，示開遮法。若下，次明似寶。琥珀者，《博物志》云：松脂入地千年化為茯苓，茯苓千年化為琥珀。水精，千年寒谷中氷凌所變。偽珠，世中以藥石燒者。鍮石等者，準論更列銅錢白鑞鈆錫。（論約錢體，故入似寶，捉但犯吉；今所不取，《僧祇》、《四分》，八種錢並入正寶。）五取如後引。為畜吉者，則知不畜捉亦無過。若捉下，三明捉寶。文舉金寶，理通前七。金薄謂裹貼之物，金像如鑄成聖像（《四分》不犯。）自寶者，論作自說淨寶。若似下，四簡似寶。百一受持，故不假淨。

In the four sections of the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya Vibhāṣā: First, it explains precious items. 'Maṇi' is translated here as 'free from defilement', meaning it is not stained by dirt. 'Real pearls' are oyster pearls. 'Coral': the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says it is a stone tree in the sea. 'Tridacna' (musaragalva): the Great Commentary to the Book of Documents says: 'A large shellfish resembling the rim of a great chariot' (qu means the rim of a wheel). 'Agate' (aśmagarbha) is a type of stone; Master Ying says: 'The color of this jewel is like the brain of a horse.' 'Should take, etc.' shows the rules of exception and prohibition. Below, from 'if' downward, it next explains pseudo-precious items. Regarding 'amber': the Bowuzhi says: 'Pine resin entering the earth for a thousand years transforms into fuling; fuling after a thousand years transforms into amber.' 'Rock crystal' is transformed from ice in cold valleys over a thousand years. 'Imitation pearls' are fired in the world using medicinal stones. 'Brass, etc.': according to the treatise, it further lists copper coins, pewter, lead, and tin. (The treatise takes coins according to their material substance, so they are classified as pseudo-precious items, and taking them only incurs a duṣkṛta; this is not adopted here, as the Mahāsāṃghika and Dharmaguptaka classify all eight kinds of coins as true precious items.) The five takings are cited below. 'Keeping incurs a duṣkṛta': thus one knows that if one does not keep them, taking them also carries no fault. Below, from 'if taking' downward, the third part explains taking precious items: The text mentions gold and precious items, but the principle applies to the previous seven. 'Gold leaf' refers to wrapping and pasting materials; 'gold images' refers to cast sacred images (under the Dharmaguptaka this is no offense). 'One's own precious items' is stated in the treatise as precious items one has personally declared for purification. Below, from 'if pseudo' downward, the fourth part distinguishes pseudo-precious items: The hundred-and-one requisites are received and maintained, so they do not require purificatory declaration.