[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131) › 2.200 # 翻譯名義集 2.200 翻譯名義集 2.200 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.200) 【伽耶】或那伽，或那先，此云象。《異物誌》：「象之為獸，形體特詭（過委）。身陪數牛，目不踰豕，鼻為口役，望頭若尾。馴良承教，聽言則跪（渠委）。素牙玉潔，載籍所美，服重致遠。」《唐奘三藏傳》云：「西域有伽藍，以沙彌知寺任。相傳昔有苾芻，招命同學，遠來禮拜。見野象銜華，安置塔前，復以牙芟（音衫）草，以鼻灑水，眾見感歎。有一苾芻，便捨大戒，願留供養。謂眾人曰：『象是畜生，猶知敬塔。我居人類，豈覩荒殘而不供事？』遂結宇疏地，種華殖果，雖涉寒暑，不以為勞。隣國聞之，共建伽藍，即屈知僧務，乃為故事。」《大論》云：「如象王視，若欲回身觀時，舉身俱轉。大人相者，身心專一，若有所觀，身心俱迴。」 > \[Gaya\] (伽耶): Or nāga (那伽), or nāgasena (那先). Here translated as 'elephant' (象). The \*Yiwu zhi\* says: 'As a beast, the elephant has an extraordinary form. Its body rivals several oxen, its eyes do not exceed those of a pig, its trunk serves as its mouth, and looking at its head it resembles its tail. It is docile and obedient to training, kneeling down upon hearing a command. Its pale tusks are pure as jade, praised in the classical records, and it carries heavy loads to distant places.' The \*Biography of Tripiṭaka Master Xuanzang of the Tang\* says: 'In the Western Regions there was a monastery where a novice was appointed to manage temple affairs. Tradition says that formerly there was a bhikṣu who invited his fellow students to come from afar to pay homage. They saw a wild elephant holding flowers in its mouth, placing them before the stūpa, then using its tusks to mow the grass and its trunk to sprinkle water. Seeing this, the assembly sighed in admiration. One bhikṣu then renounced his full monastic precepts and vowed to remain to make offerings. He said to the assembly: "The elephant is an animal, yet it still knows to revere the stūpa. Living as a human, how could I behold this desolation and not serve it?" He then built a hut, cleared the ground, planted flowers, and cultivated fruit trees; though passing through cold and heat, he did not consider it a toil. When neighboring countries heard of this, they jointly constructed a monastery and invited him to manage the monastic affairs, which then became a precedent.' The \*Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra\* says: 'Like an elephant king's gaze, when it wishes to turn its body to look, it turns its entire body together. A great personage has a unified body and mind; when he looks at something, both body and mind turn together.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.199) - [Next: 2.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.201) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.2.200) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.3.13) — 慧立 & 彥悰, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.2.200) · Pramāṇa