一切經音義 70.270

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殑伽河（其昇反諸經論中或作恒河或言恒伽河亦云恒迦河或作強伽河皆訛也此河從無熱惱池東向象口而出流人東海舊譯云天堂來以彼外書云本人磨𨢘𩠐羅天頂耳中出流在地上以此天化身在雪山頂故作是說見從高處而來故云天堂來也）。

Gengjia River [Gaṅgā River] (qi-sheng fan. In various sūtras and treatises, it is written as Heng River, Hengjia River, Hengjia River, or Qiangjia River; these are all erroneous. This river flows eastward from Lake Anavatapta out of an elephant's mouth and empties into the Eastern Sea. Former translations say it comes from Heaven, because external texts there say it originally came from the ear on the top of Maheśvara's head and flowed down upon the earth. Because this god manifests at the peak of the Snowy Mountains, they speak thus. Seeing it arrive from on high, they said it comes from Heaven).