一切經音義 50.178

50.178

Araṇya (Sanskrit. A translates here as 'non-'. Raṇya has two meanings: first, sound, meaning devoid of the sounds of people, drums, clamour, and the like; second, cutting, meaning free from the noise of felling and hacking. Although it is said that an araṇya is located one krośa away from a settlement, it must also be kept away from places of felling. Zao is pronounced as fanqie 桑 [s-] + 到 [-ao]).