一切經音義 70.28

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70.28

Jambudvīpa (剡浮): Fanqie: 以漸 [yǎn]. Some say 閻浮 [Yanfu] or write it as 譫浮 [Zhanfu]; these are all erroneous. Correctly it is Jambū (贍部), named after the tree. An older translation called it 'the realm of the defiled tree'. 譫 has the fanqie: 之含 [zhān]; 贍 has the fanqie: 時焰 [shàn].

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese