翻譯名義集 3.203

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【先陀婆】此云石鹽，其香似之，因以為名。《華嚴》云：「兜率天中，有香名先陀婆。於一生所繫菩薩座前，燒其一圓，興大香雲，遍覆法界。」《涅槃》云：「鹽水器馬，一名四實，智臣善知。謂洗時奉水；食時奉鹽；飲時奉器；游時奉馬。皆但云先陀婆來。」章安云：「此之四義，亦與四教四門四句意同，皆應次第對鹽等四。」

[Saindhava]: Translated here as rock salt. The incense resembles it, and so it was named after it. The Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: "In the Tuṣita Heaven there is an incense named saindhava. Before the seat of the bodhisattva bound to one last rebirth, burning a single pellet raises a vast cloud of incense that pervades the entire dharmadhātu." The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: "Salt, water, a vessel, and a horse: one name designates four realities, and a wise minister knows them well. That is, at bathing time he presents water; at eating time he presents salt; at drinking time he presents a vessel; at touring time he presents a horse. In all cases, one merely says, 'Bring saindhava.'" Zhang'an says: "These four meanings are also identical in intention with the four teachings, four gates, and four propositions; all should correspond in sequence to the four, such as salt."