一切經音義 14.172

14.172

Vepacitti (跋墀: the upper character is 蒲 [pu] + 未 [wei] [bèi]; the lower character is pronounced 遲 [chí]. Formerly written as Pozhi [婆雉], both being corrupt and abbreviated Sanskrit terms, not phonetically accurate. This is the name of an asura king. The correct Sanskrit sound is Vepacitti (嚩抳; 嚩 is pronounced 無 [wu] + 割 [ge] [wá], 抳 is pronounced 尼 [ni] + 里 [li] [nǐ]). As there is no standard Chinese translation for this, the Sanskrit is preserved. Older translations render it as 'Bound' (縛); he always stood before the asura hosts, and because of suffering defeat in battle, he was bound by Śakra Devānām Indra, and after swearing an oath gained release; hence he was given this name).