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一切經音義 9.143

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9.143

Manju (滿子; the two sounds y- [餘] and y- [與]; the Sancang jiegu states: "This is also the character yu (與), a Sanskrit word"; in sūtras it is sometimes written as Manru [滿濡], or as Wenshushili [文殊師利], or said as Manshushili [曼殊尸利], translated as Miaode [妙德, Wondrous Virtue], or said as Jingshou [敬首, Revered Head]; the old Vimalakīrti-sūtra says that in Chinese it is Rushou [濡首, Gentle Head]; the Fangguang jing writes Aiya [哀雅], all of which are corruptions; correctly it is Mañjuśrī [曼殊室利], translated here as Miaojixiang [妙吉祥, Wondrous Auspiciousness]; in sūtras some write Pushou [溥首]: considering that pu (溥) is an ancient form of pu (普), it is suspected of being an error; it should be [予*(十/田/├/(舄-(臼/(白-日))))], sounding like fanqie ér- [而] + -zhū [朱], but the character forms resemble each other, so people are often confused).

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