續一切經音義 2.5

2.5

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).