一切經音義 48.37

48.37

Phaṭika (竹遲 [zhú-chí] fanqie. Sanskrit says sphaṭika. This is translated as "water jade" or "white pearl." The older texts saying poli are this. The Mahāvibhāṣā states that this jewel comes from within mountain rocks and caves, where after a thousand years ice becomes poli pearls. Note: in the Western Regions it is hot and there is no ice, yet this item is extremely abundant; it is not transformed from ice, but is simply a kind of stone).