翻譯名義集 3.134

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【尼拘律陀】又云尼拘盧陀，此云無節，又云縱廣。葉如此方柿葉，其果名多勒，如五升瓶大，食除熱痰。《摭華》云：「義翻楊柳，以樹大子小，似此方楊柳，故以翻之。」《宋僧傳》云：「譯之言易也，謂以所有，譯其所無。如拘律陀樹，即東夏楊柳，名雖不同，樹體是一。」

[Nyagrodha]: Also termed *nyagrodha*; translated here as 'without joints' and also as 'extending all around'. Its leaves resemble the persimmon leaves of this land. Its fruit is called *tala*, as large as a five-pint jar; eating it removes heat and phlegm. The *Zhihua* says: 'Translated by meaning as willow, because the tree is large and the seeds small, resembling the willows of this land; hence it was translated as such.' The *Song Biographies of Eminent Monks* says: 'Translation means exchange; that is, using what one has to translate what one lacks. Just as the *nyagrodha* tree is the willow of the Eastern Xia: though the names differ, the essence of the tree is one.'