一切經音義 8.98

English (machine translation) 8.98

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8.98

White sandalwood [白檀] (The second character has the fanqie tang + lan [唐蘭反]. The name of a fragrant wood. Both the white and red varieties are fragrant; the red one is superior. In Sanskrit it is called candana [贊那曩]; in ancient translations it is rendered as zhantan incense [栴檀香]. It is produced in overseas island realms).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese