一切經音義 70.407

70.407

飲光部（梵言迦葉波迦葉此云光波此間語名飲光飲光有二義一迦葉波是上古仙人此仙人身有光明能飲餘光令不復現此羅漢是彼種故因以名焉二此阿羅漢人身作金色常有光明以閻浮檀金為人並此阿羅漢身光餘金人光不復現故名飲光也）。

Kāśyapīya school (飲光部) (in Sanskrit Kāśyapa; Kāśya here means 'light', and pa means 'to drink' in the local language, hence 'Drink-Light'. Drinking Light has two meanings: first, Kāśyapa was an ancient sage who had radiance in his body capable of swallowing other lights so that they would no longer appear; because this arhat is of his lineage, he was named after him. Second, this arhat's human body had a golden color and always possessed brilliance; when compared with a human figure made of Jambū-river gold alongside this arhat's bodily light, the light of the other golden figure would no longer appear, hence the name 'Light Drinker').