一切經音義 15.410

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三拒木（音巨亦曰三岐杖可長二尺許一頭如橛一頭有三股股長三二寸隨身道具用承水瓶案西國淨行婆羅門皆其遵奉圍陀戒行每持瓶洗淨滌除形穢以此三拒木插於地於歧上橫安水瓶令涓涓自承以洗手也彼國學士遊方訪道者持三歧木瓶鉢隨身也）。

Three-pronged wooden stand (三拒木: 拒 has the sound 巨; it is also called a three-pronged staff [tri-daṇḍa]. It is about two feet long, with one end shaped like a stake and the other end having three prongs, each two or three inches long. It is an implement carried along with one's person, used to hold a water jar. We find that the pure-living brahmins of the Western regions all observe and follow the Vedic precepts. Whenever they carry a jar to perform ablutions and wash away bodily impurities, they thrust this three-pronged stand into the ground and place the water jar horizontally on the prongs, letting the water trickle out onto their hands so they can wash them. Scholars traveling and seeking the Way in that country carry the three-pronged stand along with their water jar and bowl on their person).