續一切經音義 3.142

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India (天竺: traditionally pronounced Tianzhu. Following Sanskrit phonetics, it should properly be pronounced Tiandu. Formerly called Shendu or Xiandou; newly called Yindu. These are all corrupt transliterations. Properly it should be Indukara [印特伽羅], which is translated here as 'moon' [月]. The moon has a thousand names; this is merely one of them. The Xiyu ji says: "Because in that land, after the sun of the Buddha had set, sage after sage was born to awaken, guide, and benefit the masses of sentient beings, shining over them just as the moon does, it was therefore named after it").