翻譯名義集 1.113

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【摩訶迦葉波】《文句》：「此翻大龜氏。其先代學道，靈龜負僊圖而應，從德命族，故云龜氏。時人多以姓召之。其實有名，名畢鉢羅。父母禱樹神而生子，故名畢鉢羅。言大者，若約所表，或因智大、德大、心大，故稱大迦葉。若約事釋者，佛弟子中多名迦葉，如十力三迦葉等。於同姓中，尊者最長，故標大以簡之。」迦葉，或翻飲光。《文句》云：「迦葉身光，亦能映物，真諦翻光波，古僊人身光炎涌，能映餘光。」

[Mahākāśyapa] The Wenju says: "Here translated as 'Great Turtle Clan'. In previous generations his ancestors studied the Way, and an efficacious turtle carrying a sage's diagram responded to them; taking their clan name from this virtue, they are therefore called the Turtle Clan. Contemporaries mostly addressed him by his clan name. In truth he had a personal name, which was Pippala. His parents prayed to a tree deity and bore a son, hence naming him Pippala. Regarding 'Great': in terms of what it expresses, he was called Mahākāśyapa due to great wisdom, great virtue, and a great mind. In terms of external circumstances, many among the Buddha's disciples were named Kāśyapa, such as the Daśabala [Kāśyapa] and the three Kāśyapa brothers. Among those of the same clan name, this venerable one was the most senior, so 'Great' was prefixed to distinguish him." Kāśyapa is also translated as 'Drinking Light'. The Wenju says: "Kāśyapa's bodily radiance could also outshine external objects. Paramārtha translated it as 'Light Waves'; the bodily light of ancient sages surged like flames and could outshine other lights."