一切經音義 11.65

11.65

菴摩羅樹（梵語果樹名也此國無古譯或云菴婆羅或曰菴羅樹皆一也涅盤經云如菴羅樹一年三變有時生花光色敷榮有時生葉滋茂蓊欝有時彫落狀如枯樹又云如菴羅樹花多果少）。

菴摩羅樹 (Sanskrit [āmrātaka / āmalaka]; the name of a fruit tree. It does not exist in this land. Old translations also called it ānbóluó or ānlóu tree; they are all the same. The Nirvāṇa-sūtra says: "Like the āmalaka tree, it changes three times a year: sometimes it produces flowers radiant and flourishing; sometimes it produces leaves lush and dense; sometimes it withers and drops its leaves like a dry tree." It also says: "Like the āmalaka tree, with many flowers but few fruits").