續一切經音義 2.5

2.5

室羅筏（下音伐梵語西域國名也具足應云室羅筏悉底此翻為豊德或曰聞物即舊云舍衛國也謂此城中多出人物好行道德五天共聞故曰聞物又云昔有老仙於此習仙道後有少仙從其受學厥号聞物老仙沒後少仙於此建立城郭因以為号也）。

Śrāvastī (室羅筏) (The second [character] has the sound fá. Sanskrit; the name of a country in the Western Regions. In full it should be said Śrāvastī; here translated as 'Abundant Virtue' or called 'Hearing of Persons and Things'. That is what was formerly called the country of Śrāvastī (Shewei). It means that this city produced many talents who loved to practice virtue, renowned throughout the Five Indias; hence it is called 'Hearing of Persons and Things'. It is also said: in the past an old immortal practiced the way of the immortals here, and later a young immortal received instruction from him, his title being 'Hearing of Persons and Things'. After the old immortal passed away, the young immortal established a walled city here and took this as its name).