翻譯名義集 3.148

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【庵羅】正云庵沒羅，或庵羅婆利。肇注：「此云柰也。」《柰女經》云：「維耶梨國，梵志園中，植此柰樹。樹生此女，梵志收養。至年十五，顏色端正，宣聞遠國，七王爭聘。梵志大懼，乃置女高樓，謂七王曰：『此非我女，乃樹所生。設與一王，六王必怒。今在樓上，請王平議，應得者取之，非我制也。』其夜瓶沙王從伏竇中入，登樓共宿，謂女曰：『若生男，當還我。』即脫手金環之印，付女為信。便出語群臣言：『我已得女。』瓶沙軍皆稱萬歲，六王罷去。後女生故活，至年八歲，持環印見瓶沙王，王以為太子。至二年，會闍王生，因讓曰：『王今嫡子生矣，應襲尊嗣。』遂退其位。」肇師注云：「其果似桃而非桃。」《略疏》云：「柰樹，定非柰也。又翻為難分別，其果似桃而非桃，似柰而非柰。」此與《大經》意同。經云：「如庵羅果，生熟難分，具有四句，釋難分別：一內外俱生，二外熟內生，三外生內熟，四內外俱熟。」《纂要》云：「舊譯為柰，誤也。此果多華，子甚少，其葉似柳，而長一尺，廣三指。果形似梨，而底鉤曲。生熟難知，可以療疾。彼國名為王樹，謂在王城種之。」

[Āmra]: Properly called *āmra*, or *āmrapālī*. Sengzhao's commentary states: 'Translated here as crabapple.' The *Sūtra of the Mango Maiden* says: 'In the country of Vaiśālī, in the garden of a brāhmaṇa, this crabapple tree was planted. The tree gave birth to this maiden, whom the brāhmaṇa took in and raised. When she reached the age of fifteen, her appearance was upright and beautiful, and her renown was heard in distant lands; seven kings competed to marry her. The brāhmaṇa was greatly terrified; thereupon he placed the maiden in a high tower and spoke to the seven kings, saying: "She is not my daughter, but born of a tree. If I give her to one king, six kings will surely be enraged. Now she is atop the tower; I ask the kings to confer fairly: let whoever deserves her take her; it is not up to my decision." That night, King Bimbisāra entered through an underground conduit, ascended the tower and stayed with her overnight, saying to the woman: "If you give birth to a boy, you must return him to me." He then took off the seal of the gold ring from his hand and handed it to the woman as a token of trust. He then went out and spoke to his ministers, saying: "I have already attained the maiden." Bimbisāra's army all shouted "Long live the king!", and the six kings withdrew. Later, the woman gave birth to Jīvaka. When he reached eight years of age, holding the ring and seal, he saw King Bimbisāra, and the king made him crown prince. In the second year, when Ajātaśatru was born, Jīvaka yielded, saying: "Now the king's legitimate son has been born; he should succeed the honorable lineage." He then stepped down from his position.' Master Zhao's commentary says: 'Its fruit resembles a peach, yet is not a peach.' The *Brief Commentary* states: 'The *nài* tree is definitely not a Chinese crabapple. It is also translated as "difficult to distinguish"; its fruit resembles a peach, yet is not a peach, resembles a crabapple, yet is not a crabapple.' This accords with the intent of the *Great Sūtra*. The sūtra says: 'Just like the mango fruit whose ripeness is difficult to distinguish, there are four propositions explaining why it is difficult to distinguish: 1. Both raw outside and inside; 2. Ripe outside and raw inside; 3. Raw outside and ripe inside; 4. Both ripe outside and inside.' The *Zuanyao* says: 'The old translation as *nài* [crabapple] is mistaken. This fruit has many flowers and very few seeds; its leaves resemble willows, a foot long and three fingers broad. The shape of the fruit resembles a pear, but the bottom is hooked and curved. Its ripeness is hard to tell, and it can cure illness. In that country it is called the king-tree, meaning it is planted in the royal city.'