一切經音義 31.41

31.41

楞伽 (The first character has the fanqie 勒登; a popular character; standardly written 棱, semantic wood, phonetic 夌; sometimes written 槾. Because it is Sanskrit, one does not seek a Chinese character gloss. The correct Sanskrit sound is laṅkā, the name of a mountain; fanqie: 勒鄧, departing tone, and also rising-tone character. This is also the name of a precious gem; because this mountain abounds in this gem, it was named after it. It is a great island mountain in the southwest corner of the country of Siṃhala in the Southern Sea).