一切經音義 36.62

36.62

除穢忿怒尊: The older translations called him Impure Vajra (Bujing Jingang) or Vajra of Impure Traces (Huiji Jingang); both are clumsy and inaccurate translations that resemble reviling the holy being, while the actual meaning is not so. Calling him Fire-Head Vajra (Houtou Jingang) is also not an accurate translation. In Sanskrit, he is called Ucchuṣma; translating the meaning, it is 'Burning Away Filth and Evil.' Because this holy being possesses profound, pure, and great compassion, he does not avoid contact with impurities in order to rescue and protect sentient beings; with great majestic light like a blazing fire, he incinerates the afflictions and the false perceptions that differentiate defilement from purity, and arising from ceasing; hence he is called 'Remover of Filth.' Furthermore, his Sanskrit name is Mahābala, translated into the Tang language as 'Great Strength'; because with the power of great compassion, like blazing fire, he burns away the evil deeds of defilement and birth-and-death, he is called 'Great Strength.'