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續一切經音義 8.132

續一切經音義 8.132

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贍部金(上時染反贍部梵語也金即唐言舊梵云閻浮提或云閻浮利訛正云㣅謀立世阿毘曇論云有贍部樹生此洲北邊泥民陁羅河南岸於此樹下水底有贍部黃金古名閻浮檀金也㣅音蠶覽也)。

Jambū-gold (the first character has the fanqie shí + rǎn. "Jambū" is Sanskrit; "gold" is Chinese. In older transliterations it was called Yánfútí or Yánfúlì, which are corruptions; the correct form is jambu. The Abhidharmakośa-śāstra/Lokasthiti-abhidharma-śāstra states: "There is a jambū tree growing on the northern edge of this continent, on the southern bank of the Naimiṃdharā River. Beneath this tree, at the bottom of the water, there is jambū gold." In ancient terms it was called jambūnada gold. The character [蠶/舟] sounds like cán or lǎn).

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