[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) › [二諦義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854) › 2.17 # 二諦義 2.17 二諦義 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.17) 釋名凡有四句：一者一名一義、二者一名無量義、三者一義一名、四者一義無量名。名不出此二種，義莫過斯之二條。言一名一義者，一名即一俗名、一真名。一義者，俗以浮虛義、真真實義。從來得此一句。今明是四句中一句也。次一名無量義者，若為一名無量義耶？解言：一是無量一，一豈不是無量？此則無量一、一無量。故經云「一中解無量，無量中解一。」展轉生非實智者，無所畏也。 > Explaining names has four propositions altogether: first, one name with one meaning; second, one name with immeasurable meanings; third, one meaning with one name; fourth, one meaning with immeasurable names. Names do not exceed these two kinds; meanings do not go beyond these two items. As for "one name with one meaning": one name is just one conventional name and one ultimate name; one meaning is conventional taking insubstantiality as its meaning, and ultimate taking reality as its meaning. Heretofore, only this one proposition has been grasped; now it is clarified as just one proposition among the four propositions. Next, as for "one name with immeasurable meanings": how is there one name with immeasurable meanings? Explanation: The one is the immeasurable one; how could the one not be immeasurable? This is the immeasurable as one, and the one as immeasurable. Therefore, the sūtra says: "In the one, one understands the immeasurable; in the immeasurable, one understands the one." If one produces it in turn, it is not genuine cognition; \[if one understands this, one is\] without fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854~en-mt.2.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1854.2.17) · Pramāṇa