一切經音義 82.58

82.58

梵衍那國迦畢試國（此上二國是婆羅門此三十四國三藏路次經過悉是胡國名号亦是胡語不是梵語今所音字但取其聲以響胡語不求字義其大磧已東州郡不說者為是唐國境內各自別有國經此記起自大磧已西者言其番夷之地人風物產與此不同故書記之）。

The Kingdom of Bāmiyān; the Kingdom of Kapiśa. (The above two kingdoms are Brahminical. These thirty-four kingdoms were passed through by the Tripiṭaka Master along his route; all are Barbarian kingdoms, and their designations are likewise Barbarian languages, not Sanskrit. The characters now glossed for sound merely take their phonetic values to echo the Barbarian words, without seeking the literal meanings of the characters. The reason why the prefectures and commanderies east of the Great Desert are not discussed is because they lie within the territory of the Tang state, and each already has its own national scriptures. This record begins west of the Great Desert, describing barbarian lands whose human customs and products differ from this [realm], which is why it records them.)