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# 宋高僧傳 3.37

宋高僧傳 3.37

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.3.37)

三、亦胡亦梵。如天竺經律傳到龜茲，龜茲不解天竺語，呼天竺為印特伽國者，因而譯之。若易解者，猶存梵語，如此胡、梵俱有者是。

> Third, both Hu and Sanskrit: as when the sūtras and vinaya of India reached Kucha, and Kucha, not understanding the Indian language, called India Intojia and translated accordingly; yet where it was easy to understand, Sanskrit words were still retained; such cases where both Hu and Sanskrit are present are this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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