佛祖統紀 1.96

1.96

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.