一切經音義 11.77

11.77

踰繕那 (The first character has the fanqie yáng-zhū [yú]. 繕 is pronounced shàn. Yúshànnà is Sanskrit [yojana]; from ancient times it has been the distance of a sage king's army marching for one day. Translations in various sūtras and treatises have differed in distance: some say forty lǐ; the Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya says sixteen lǐ; the Datang xiyu ji says: "According to Indian custom, one yojana is thirty lǐ." This statement is factual and true; we now follow this text).