翻譯名義集 3.207

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【阿伽嚧】或云惡揭嚕，此云沈香。《華嚴》云：「阿那婆達多池邊，出沈水香，名蓮華藏。其香一圓，如麻子大。若以燒之，香氣普熏閻浮提界。」《異物誌》云：「出日南國。欲取，當先斫樹壞，著地積久，外朽爛。其心堅者，置水則沈，曰沈香。其次在心白之間，不甚精堅者，置之水中，不沈不浮，與水平者，名曰𣝕香。」

[Agaru]: Or called ejielu; translated here as agarwood. The Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: "By the Anavatapta Lake is produced water-sinking incense, named lotus treasury. A single pellet of this incense is the size of a hemp seed. If it is burned, its fragrant aroma pervades and perfumes the realm of Jambudvīpa." The Yiwu zhi says: "Produced in the commandery of Rinan. When one wishes to harvest it, one must first fell the tree and damage it; left lying on the ground for a long time, the exterior rots away. That whose heartwood is hard will sink when placed in water; it is called sinking incense (agarwood). Next, that which is between the heartwood and sapwood, being not very dense and hard, when placed in water neither sinks nor floats but remains level with the water; it is named zhan incense."