續一切經音義 4.13

4.13

Ājñāta-Kauṇḍinya (阿若憍陳如: the upper is niǎo + gé [ā]; the next is rú + zhě [ruò]; corrupt and abbreviated Sanskrit. It should properly be Ājñāta-Kauṇḍinya (阿若多憍陳那). Ājñāta here means 'understood'; because he was the first to understand the Dharma, his name was first proclaimed. Kauṇḍinya is a brāhmaṇa clan name; nya is a masculine suffix indicating descent from his father. Thus the newly translated sūtras render it as 'Understood Kauṇḍinya' (解憍陳那)).