一切經音義 11.66

11.66

甄叔迦樹 (The first character has the fanqie jīng-yán [zhēn]. The second character has the fanqie jiāng-qū [shū]. Sanskrit [kiṃśuka], whose literal meaning is not sought; the name of a flowering tree in the western countries. This tree does not exist here. The Datang xiyu ji says: "India has many kiṃśuka trees; their flowers are red and shaped like a human hand." Another explanation says: "It is also named aśoka, and also named the griefless tree (wúyōu shù); its flowers are also red." This explanation is correct).