一切經音義 22.374

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珍那城（或云俱陳那言此俱陳者是名此云大盆那耶法律也昔此城未立之時有一五通仙名俱陳而於此地置一大盆畜水若池恆在盆側修仙法律亦常為人說護經及養神法於後學徒皆以師名及法為共姓氏人眾漸廣即於此處建立城郭故此舉國人今皆姓俱陳那耶城亦國之立號宜）。

City of Jñāna [Cinnā / Kuñcina] (also written Kuñcina. It is said that “Kuñcina” is a name, translated here as “Great Basin”; naya is “rule and method.” Anciently, before this city was established, there was an immortal with the five supernormal powers named Kuñcina who placed a large basin on this ground to store water like a pond, constantly abiding beside the basin to cultivate the rules and methods of the immortals. He also frequently explained to people the methods of protecting scripture and nurturing the spirit. Later on, his disciples all took their master's name and teachings as their shared surname. As the populace gradually expanded, they founded a walled city at this site. Hence, the people of this entire kingdom nowadays are surnamed Kuñcinanaya, and it was also appropriate to establish the name of the kingdom as such).