[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [續一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129) › 2.22 # 續一切經音義 2.22 續一切經音義 2.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.2.22) 天竺（下相承音竹或有亦音篤山海經云身毒之國郭璞注云即天竺國也或云賢豆或云印度皆梵語訛轉也正云即特羅此翻為月西域記云言諸群生輪迴不息無明長夜莫有司存其猶白日既隱宵月斯繼良以其土賢聖繼軌導凡御物如月照臨故以名焉）。 > Tianzhu (India) (天竺) (The second \[character\] is traditionally pronounced zhú; some also pronounce it dǔ. The Shanhaijing states: 'The land of Shendu.' Guo Pu's commentary states: 'That is the country of Tianzhu.' It is also called Xiandou or called Yindu; all are corrupt transcriptions of Sanskrit. Correctly it is Indo (Indu), which is here translated as 'Moon'. The Records of the Western Regions states: 'All sentient beings transmigrate without ceasing through the long night of ignorance, with none to oversee them; just as when the bright sun has set, the night moon follows after. Truly because in that land sages and worthies follow in succession, guiding the commoners and governing beings like the moon shining down upon them, it is therefore named after it'). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.2.21) - [Next: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.2.23) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129~en-mt.2.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.2.22) · Pramāṇa