翻譯名義集 3.209

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【茶矩磨】此云欝金。《周禮．春官》「欝人采取以鬯酒。」《說文》云：「欝金草之華，遠方所貢芳物。欝人合而釀之，以降神也，宗廟用之。」

[Kunkuma]: Translated here as saffron. The Zhouli, Spring Officials, says: "The tulip-gatherers gather it to make sacrificial wine." The Shuowen says: "The flower of the saffron herb is a fragrant item presented as tribute from distant regions. The tulip-gatherers combine and brew it to cause the spirits to descend; it is used in ancestral temples."