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# 翻譯名義集 3.172

翻譯名義集 3.172

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.3.172)

【分陀利】此云白蓮華。叡師云：「未敷名屈摩羅；將落名迦摩羅；處中盛時名分陀利。體逐時遷，名隨色變，故有三名。」

> \[Puṇḍarīka\]: Translated here as "white lotus flower." Master Rui says: "Before it opens, it is called kumala (kumula); when about to fall, it is called kamala; at its prime in the middle, it is called puṇḍarīka. As its substance changes with time, its name changes with its colour; hence it has three names."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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