一切經音義 36.62

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除穢忿怒尊（舊譯名不淨金剛或名穢跡金剛並拙譯不正有同毀罵聖者其實義不然或名火頭金剛亦非正譯梵云烏蒭澀摩義譯云焚燒穢惡此聖者以深淨大悲不避穢觸救護眾生以大威光猶如猛火燒除煩惱妾見分別垢淨生滅之心故名除穢又梵名摩賀麼羅唐云大力以大慈力猶如熾火燒除穢惡生死業故名大力也）。

除穢忿怒尊: The older translations called him Impure Vajra (Bujing Jingang) or Vajra of Impure Traces (Huiji Jingang); both are clumsy and inaccurate translations that resemble reviling the holy being, while the actual meaning is not so. Calling him Fire-Head Vajra (Houtou Jingang) is also not an accurate translation. In Sanskrit, he is called Ucchuṣma; translating the meaning, it is 'Burning Away Filth and Evil.' Because this holy being possesses profound, pure, and great compassion, he does not avoid contact with impurities in order to rescue and protect sentient beings; with great majestic light like a blazing fire, he incinerates the afflictions and the false perceptions that differentiate defilement from purity, and arising from ceasing; hence he is called 'Remover of Filth.' Furthermore, his Sanskrit name is Mahābala, translated into the Tang language as 'Great Strength'; because with the power of great compassion, like blazing fire, he burns away the evil deeds of defilement and birth-and-death, he is called 'Great Strength.'