佛祖統紀 1.96

1.96

述曰。瞿曇一翻甘蔗。則當據本行。二本甘蔗之緣。一翻泥土。則當取十二遊經血泥之事。是知諸經梵語則曰瞿曇。華言則稱甘蔗泥土。華梵互出其實一義。

The author remarks: When Gautama is translated as 'sugar-cane', it should be based on the circumstances of the two stalks of sugar-cane in the *Benxing jing*. When translated as 'mud', it should be taken from the event of the blood-mud in the *Twelve Wandering Sūtra*. From this we know that in the Sanskrit of the various sūtras it is called Gautama, while in Chinese it is called Sugar-cane or Mud; Chinese and Sanskrit are cited interchangeably, but in truth they have the same meaning.