一切經音義 37.298

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兜娑（上音登樓反。真言句也。經文從自從[日*儿]作[自*日*儿]或作兜並非不成字。此經入第三紙有神仙名號書寫人錯書仙字為佛字。約有三十六七字經本草書仙字不分明。書人不識將為是佛字。從此又改為佛字甚乖經意。後寫藏經者必須改正為大仙是也。大佛非也。又有真言中所書諸字悉皆紕謬。其徒寔繁不可備舉。又是古譯用字乖僻不可音訓也。又有一本孔雀王呪經約九紙。題云姚秦羅什譯。從頭有三紙半是偽經。無識愚人添加此文即文中云七里結界金剛宅收汝百鬼項著枷。又云仙人鬼大幻持呪王等是偽也。從此南無佛南無法已下約五六紙是真經。智者尋攬自鑒取真偽甚宜除去前偽文也）。

Dousuo 兜娑 (the first is fanqie: 登樓 [d- + -ou]; a phrase of a mantra. In the sūtra text it is written with 'self' 自 and [日*儿] as [自*日*儿], or written as 兜, both of which are incorrect and do not form legitimate characters. When this sūtra reaches the third sheet, there are names of divine ṛṣis, and copyists erroneously wrote the character 'ṛṣi/immortal' (xian 仙) as 'buddha' (fo 佛), for roughly thirty-six or thirty-seven characters. In the sūtra exemplar, the cursive form of the character 仙 was unclear; the scribes failed to recognize it and took it to be 佛. From then on it was altered to 佛, which greatly violates the meaning of the sūtra. Those who copy the canon in later times must correct it to 'great ṛṣi' (daxian 大仙); 'great buddha' (dafo 大佛) is incorrect. Moreover, all the various characters written within the mantras are completely erroneous, their instances being so numerous that they cannot be cited exhaustively. Furthermore, this being an ancient translation, the characters used are distorted and contrary, and cannot be annotated with sounds and glosses. Also, there is another edition of the Mayūra-rāja Dhāraṇī Sūtra in roughly nine sheets, whose title states that it was translated by Kumārajīva under the Later Qin. From the beginning, three and a half sheets are apocryphal. Ignorant and foolish people added this text, namely the passage in the text stating: 'Bind the boundary for seven li; let the vajra residence seize your hundred ghosts and place cangues around their necks', and stating: 'Rṣi-ghosts, king of great illusions and spells, and so forth', which are forged. From 'Homage to the Buddha, homage to the Dharma' onward, the remaining five or six sheets are the genuine sūtra. Discerning scholars who examine it will naturally perceive the true from the false; it is highly fitting that the preceding apocryphal text be removed).