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一切經音義 27.40

一切經音義 27.40

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27.40

羅睺羅(羅怙羅此云執日本是執日阿素洛名非天前軍以手執日障盛光故今從喻名)。

Rāhula: (Rāhula; here rendered 'Seizer of the Sun'. Originally the name of a sun-seizing asura, who in the vanguard of the asuras seizes the sun with his hands to block its intense light; here he is named by analogy).

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