翻譯名義集 3.217

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【瑠璃】或作琉，此云青色寶，亦翻不遠。謂西域有山，去波羅柰城不遠，山出此寶，因以名焉。應法師云：「或加吠字，或加毘字，或言毘頭梨，從山為名，乃遠山寶也。遠山，即須彌山也。此寶青色，一切寶皆不可壞，亦非煙焰所能鎔鑄，唯鬼神有通力者能破壞。又言金翅鳥卵殼，鬼神得之，出賣與人。或名紺瑠璃。」《釋名》云：「紺，含也，青而含赤色也。」古字但作流離，左太沖《吳都賦》云：「致流離與珂[王*戍]（皆寶名）。」後人方加其玉。

[Vaidūrya] Or written liú; here translated as blue-colored gem, also translated as not distant. It is said that in the Western Regions there is a mountain not far from the city of Vārāṇasī; this gem is produced in this mountain, hence it was named after it. Master Huilin states: 'Sometimes the character fei is added, or the character pi is added, or it is called bitouli, named after the mountain; it is indeed a gem of the distant mountain. The distant mountain is Mount Sumeru. This gem is blue in color; all gems cannot destroy it, nor can smoke and flame melt or cast it; only spirits and ghosts possessing supernormal powers are able to break it. It is also said to be the eggshell of the garuḍa bird, which ghosts and spirits obtain and sell to humans. It is also named dark-blue vaidūrya.' The Shiming states: 'Gan (dark blue) means to contain; it is blue containing a reddish tint.' In ancient writing it was merely written as liuli (流離); Zuo Taichong's Wu Capital Rhapsody states: 'Bringing liuli and kechu (both names of gems).' Only later did people add the jade radical.