翻譯名義集 1.152

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【末田地】亦名摩田地，亦名摩田提，此云中。阿難化五百僊人，在河中得戒，故曰摩田地。《西域記》云：「達麗羅川中大伽藍側，有刻木慈氏菩薩像，通高百餘尺。末田底迦羅漢，携引匠人，升覩史多天，親觀妙相，往來三返，爾乃功畢。」

[Madhyāntika] Also named Motianji, and also named Motianti; this translates as Middle. Ānanda converted five hundred ṛṣis, and they received the precepts in the middle of a river, hence he was called Madhyāntika. The Xiyu ji says: 'Beside the great monastery in the Daril Valley, there is a carved wooden image of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, over a hundred feet tall in all. The arhat Madhyāntika took the craftsmen and ascended to Tuṣita Heaven to view the marvelous physical form in person; after going and returning three times, the work was finally completed.'