一切經音義 9.22

English (machine translation) 9.22

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9.22

Axulun (阿須倫). Also written as Axuluo (asura) or Axiuluo; these are all corrupt. Correctly spoken it is Asuluo (asura). Sula means 'liquor'; as translated here, a- means 'without', also 'not', and also 'deva', hence 'spirits without liquor', or also 'non-devas'. In the scriptures they are also called 'spirits without goodness'.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese