[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) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 3.304 # 釋氏要覽 3.304 釋氏要覽 3.304 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.304](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.304) 犍。巨寒切。稚。地音。出要律儀云。此譯為鐘磬○五分律云。（隨有）瓦木銅鐵。鳴者皆名犍稚○經音疏云。犍。處音。稚。直利切。此云擊木聲○五分比丘問。以何木作犍稚。佛言。除漆樹。餘木鳴者聽作。智論云。迦葉於須彌山頂。撾銅犍稚○增一經云。阿難升講堂。擊犍稚者。此名如來信鼓也（令詳律。但是鐘磬。石板。木板。木魚。砧搥。有聲能集眾者。皆名犍稚也。今寺院木魚者。蓋古人不可以木朴擊之故。創魚象也。又必取張華相魚之名。或取鯨魚一擊𮐳勞為之大鳴也）。 > Jian (犍): initial jü, final han \[jiān\]. Zhi (稚): sound zhi \[zhì\]. The Regulations on Vinaya Essentials says: 'This is translated as bell or chime.' The Five-Part Vinaya says: '\[Whatever there may be of\] earthenware, wood, copper, or iron that can sound, all are called gaṇḍī.' The Commentary on Sūtra Pronunciation says: 'Jian has the pronunciation chu; zhi has the initial zhi and final li \[zhì\]; this is translated as the sound of striking wood.' In the Five-Part Vinaya, the monks asked: 'From what wood should a gaṇḍī be made?' The Buddha said: 'Except for the lacquer tree, any other sounding wood is permitted to be used.' The Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra says: 'Kāśyapa struck a copper gaṇḍī atop Mount Sumeru.' The Ekottarika Āgama says: 'Ānanda ascended the lecture hall and struck the gaṇḍī; this is called the Tathāgata's drum of faith.' (Now examining the Vinaya: all bells, stone chimes, wooden boards, wooden fish, and mallets that make sound and can gather the assembly are called gaṇḍī. As for the wooden fish in monasteries today, it is because the ancients could not strike with unworked blocks of wood, so they created the shape of a fish. Furthermore, it must be taken from Zhang Hua's name of the Xiang fish, or from the whale striking the polao to produce a great reverberation.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.303](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.303) - [Next: 3.305](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.305) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.3.304) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.304](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.3.304) · Pramāṇa