[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128) › 51.6 # 一切經音義 51.6 一切經音義 51.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.51.6) 懷兔（彼天竺國名月為兔故以喻焉兔王經云月中兔者佛昔作兔王為供養一仙人投身入火以肉施彼仙人天帝取其骸骨置於月宮中使得清凉又今地上眾生常見而發慈心故也）。 > Holding the hare (懷兔; in that country of India, the moon is called 'hare', hence the metaphor. The Hare King Sūtra says: "The hare in the moon was the Buddha in the past as the Hare King; in order to make offerings to an ascetic, he cast his body into the fire to give his meat to that ascetic. Śakra, lord of the gods, gathered his bones and placed them in the moon palace to keep them cool and pure, and also so that sentient beings on earth may constantly see it and give rise to a mind of compassion"). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 51.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.51.5) - [Next: 51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.51.7) - [Up: 51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.51) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.51.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.51.6) · Pramāṇa