翻譯名義集 1.154

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【室縷（力生）多頻設底俱胝（丁尼切）】《西域記》云：「唐言聞二百億。舊譯曰億耳，謬也。長者豪富，晚有繼嗣，時有報者，輒賜金錢二百億，因名其子曰聞二百億。洎乎成立，未曾履地，故其足跖（音隻），毛長尺餘，光潤細軟。」又《西域記》云：「富一億財一洛叉，便耳著珠墜，人知富也。或云耳有珠環，價直一億。」

[Śroṇakoṭīviṃśa] The Xiyu ji says: 'In the speech of Tang, it means Hearing Two Hundred Koṭīs. The old translation "Koṭī-Ears" is erroneous. An elder was enormously wealthy and had an heir late in life; when someone brought the news, he bestowed two hundred koṭīs of gold coins, and therefore named his son Hearing Two Hundred Koṭīs. When he grew to adulthood, he had never stepped on the ground, so the soles of his feet had hair over a foot long, glossy, delicate, and soft.' The Xiyu ji also says: 'Being rich with one koṭī of wealth and one lakṣa, he wore pearl pendants in his ears so that people would know his wealth. Or it is said that he had pearl rings in his ears worth one koṭī.'