翻譯名義集 1.112

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【大目犍（巨焉）連】什曰：「目連，婆羅門姓也，名拘律陀。拘律陀，樹名。禱樹神得子，因以為名。」《垂裕記》：「問：『《大經》云目犍連，即姓也。因姓立名目連，何故名拘律陀耶？』答：『本自有名，但時人多召其姓，故《大經》云耳。』」《淨名疏》云：「《文殊問經》，翻萊（音羅）茯（蒲北）根，父母好食，以標子名。」真諦三藏云：「勿伽羅，此翻胡豆，綠色豆也。上古僊人，好食於此，仍以為姓。」正云摩訶沒特伽羅，新翻采菽氏。菽，亦豆也。《西域記》云：「沒特伽羅，舊曰目犍連，訛略也。」

[Mahāmaudgalyāyana] Kumārajīva said: "Maudgalyāyana is a brāhmaṇa clan name; his personal name was Kolita. Kolita is the name of a tree. His parents prayed to the tree deity and obtained a son, naming him accordingly." The Chuiyu ji [records]: "Question: 'The Great Sūtra says Maudgalyāyana is the clan name, and because of the clan he was named Maudgalyāyana. Why then is he called Kolita?' Answer: 'He originally had his own personal name, but contemporaries mostly addressed him by his clan name, hence the Great Sūtra says so.'" The Jingming shu says: "The Wenshu wen jing translates it as 'Radish Root'; his parents were fond of eating it, and marked their son's name with it." Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha said: "Mugdha is here translated as horse gram, a green-colored bean. Sages of antiquity were fond of eating this and took it as their clan name." Properly it is Mahāmaudgalyāyana; the new translation renders it 'Bean-Gatherer Clan'. Shu is also a bean. The Xiyu ji says: "Maudgalyāyana was formerly called Mujianlian, which is an erroneous abbreviation."