一切經音義 72.31

72.31

Sphaṭika (頗胝迦; the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 破波 [pō], the middle with 置離 [zhī]. A Sanskrit word [sphaṭika]. Older translations rendered it as 頗黎 [poli]; it resembles rock crystal yet is not rock crystal, though it belongs to that category).