一切經音義 46.379

46.379

彌窒（古文懫同丁結豬栗二反秦言善知識依字窒塞也一本作彌多羅尼子亦是梵言訛轉耳也）。

彌窒 "Maitreya / good spiritual friend" (Ancient character 懫, both with the fanqie 丁結 [dié] and 豬栗 [zhì]. In the Qin language it means 'good spiritual friend' (kalyāṇamitra). According to the character's meaning, 窒 means 'to obstruct'. Another version reads 彌多羅尼子 [Maitrāyaṇīputra], which is also a phonetic corruption of the Sanskrit term).