一切經音義 13.24

13.24

贍部捺陀金（梵語也上時焰反字從貝詹音占聲下奴割反字從手奈聲也梵語上色黃金名也舊曰閻浮檀金起世因本經云此贍部洲大海岸下水中有此金岸上陸地有贍部樹轉輪聖王出世伇使鬼神取此金用是故人間往往有此金最上殊勝勝一切金也）。

Jambūnada gold (Sanskrit. The first character is fanqie: shi- + -yan, composed of 'cowrie' with zhan, pronounced zhan, as phonetic; the third is fanqie: nu- + -ge, composed of 'hand' with nai as phonetic. Sanskrit name for top-grade yellow gold. Formerly called yanfutanjin. The Qishi yinben jing says: 'Beneath the waters along the great ocean coast of this continent of Jambudvīpa, this gold is found; on the dry land of the shore there are jambu trees. When a wheel-turning sage king appears in the world, he employs spirits and ghosts to retrieve this gold for use; therefore, it is found occasionally in the human realm; it is the most supreme and excels all other gold').