翻譯名義集 3.218

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【珊（蘇干）瑚（音胡）】梵語鉢攞娑福羅。外國傳曰：「大秦西南漲海中，可七八百里，到珊瑚洲。洲底盤石，珊瑚生其上，人以鐵網取之。」任昉《述異記》曰：「珊瑚樹碧色，生海底。一株數十枝，枝間無葉，大者高五六尺，小者尺餘。」應法師云：「初一年青色，次年黃色，三年蟲食敗也。」《大論》云：「珊瑚出海中石樹。」

[Coral (shānhú)] Sanskrit: pravāḍaphala. The Waiguo zhuan states: 'Seven to eight hundred li into the rising sea southwest of Daqin, one reaches Coral Island. At the bottom of the island is bedrock, upon which coral grows; people harvest it with iron nets.' Ren Fang's Shuyi ji states: 'Coral trees are emerald green in color and grow on the seabed. A single trunk has dozens of branches, and there are no leaves among the branches; the large ones are five or six chi tall, while the small ones are over a chi.' Master Huilin states: 'In the first year it is blue-green, in the second year yellow, and in the third year it is eaten and ruined by worms.' The Da zhidu lun states: 'Coral comes from stone trees in the sea.'