一切經音義 47.218

47.218

一間（古閑反梵言翳迦鼻至迦翳迦此云一鼻至迦此云間謂壁際孔也說文間隟也言有一間隟在不得般涅槃也舊言一種子者梵言鼻豉迦此言種斯或譯者不善梵言或筆受人不尋本語致茲訛失也）。

Ekabīcika / One-interval (一間: fanqie 古 + 閑. In Sanskrit, ekabīcika. 'Eka' here means one; 'bīcika' means interval [間], referring to a crevice between walls. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Jian [間] means a gap." This means having only one gap/interval remaining before attaining parinirvāṇa. The older translation 'one-seed' [一種子] arose from the Sanskrit bīja [鼻豉迦], meaning seed; this was due either to translators not knowing Sanskrit well or scribes failing to investigate the original term, leading to this corrupt mistake).