翻譯名義集 3.126

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【提】《大論》翻洲。《爾雅》：「水中可止曰洲。」《大品》云：「須菩提！若江河大海，四邊水斷是為洲。須菩提！色亦如是，前後際斷。」《大論》云：「世間洲者，如洲四邊無地。色等法亦如是，前後皆不可得，中間亦如。」或言洲潬（徒亶）者（《爾雅》謂水內沙堆也。渚者，《爾雅》小洲）曰渚。《大涅槃》云：「譬如商人，欲至寶渚，不知道路，有人示之，即至寶渚，乃獲諸珍。大般涅槃，喻之為寶。」

[Dvīpa] The *Great Treatise* translates it as "continent/island" (zhou). The *Erya* states: "That in the midst of water where one can stay is called an island (zhou)." The *Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra* says: "Subhūti! Just as with rivers and the great ocean, that which is cut off from water on four sides is an island. Subhūti! Form is also like this, cut off from its prior and subsequent limits." The *Great Treatise* says: "As for worldly islands, like an island there is no land on its four sides. Phenomena such as form are also like this: prior and subsequent are both unattainable, and the middle is likewise so." Or it is said that an island or sandbank (tan) (the *Erya* refers to a heap of sand within the water; as for zhu, the *Erya* calls it a small island) is called an islet (zhu). The *Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra* says: "For example, a merchant desires to reach an islet of jewels, but does not know the road; someone shows it to him, and he immediately reaches the islet of jewels and obtains all the precious treasures. Great parinirvāṇa is compared to a jewel."