翻譯名義集 2.53

2.53

【緊那羅】《文句》：「亦名真陀羅，此云疑神。」什曰：「秦言人非人，似人而頭上有角。人見之言：人耶？非人耶？因以名之。亦天伎神也，小不及乾闥婆。」新云歌神，是諸天絲竹之神。

[Kiṃnara] The Textual Commentary states: "Also called zhenduoluo, translated here as 'spirit of doubt.'" Kumārajīva said: "In the language of Qin, it means 'human-yet-non-human'; they resemble humans but have horns on their heads. When humans see them, they say: 'A human? Or a non-human?' Hence they are named after this. They are also heavenly musician spirits, slightly inferior to the gandharvas." Newly called "spirits of song"; they are the deities of string and wind music among the gods.