翻譯名義集 1.27

1.27

【阿耨多羅】秦云無上。《大論》云：「如諸法中，涅槃無上；眾生中，佛亦無上。」《地持經》云：「唯一丈夫，名無上士。」《大經》云：「有所斷者，名有上士；無所斷者，名無上士。」

*Anuttara*: the Qin rendered it as 'Unsurpassed' (無上). The Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa says: 'Just as among all dharmas nirvāṇa is unsurpassed, so among living beings the Buddha is also unsurpassed.' The Bodhisattvabhūmi-sūtra says: 'He alone is the supreme hero, hence named the Unsurpassed Person.' The Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra says: 'One who still has something to sever is called a surpassed person; one who has nothing left to sever is called an unsurpassed person.'