翻譯名義集 3.54

3.54

【毘耶離】亦名維耶離，鞞舍隷，吠舍離。此云廣嚴。《西域記》云：「吠舍釐國，舊訛曰毘舍離。」什師云：「毘言稻，土之所宜也。離耶言廣嚴，其地平正莊嚴。」《淨名略疏》云：「此云廣博嚴淨，其國寬平，名為廣博。城邑華麗，故名嚴淨。有師翻為好稻，出好粳糧，勝於餘國故也。有言好道，國有道砥直（砥，音旨，平直也）。有言好道，其國人民，好樂正道，自敦仁義，不須君主，五百長者共行道法，率土人民莫不歸悅。」

[Vaiśālī] Also called Weiyeli, Bisheli, or Feisheli. Here it is translated as Vast and Adorned. The *Xiyu ji* says: “The country of Feisheli, formerly mistakenly called Pishali.” Master Jīva says: “*Bi* means rice, which is what the land is suited for. *Liye* means vast and adorned; its land is level, regular, and adorned.” The *Jingming lueshu* says: “Here it is translated as Vast, Broad, Adorned, and Pure. The country is spacious and level, hence called vast and broad. Its cities and towns are magnificent, hence called adorned and pure. Some masters translate it as 'Fine Rice,' because it produces fine nonglutinous grain superior to other countries. Some say 'Good Roads,' because the country has roads that are level and straight (*di*, pronounced *zhi*, meaning level and straight). Some say 'Fond of the Way,' because the people of the country take pleasure in the correct Way, cultivate benevolence and righteousness on their own, and do not need a sovereign; five hundred elders practice the methods of the Way together, and all the people of the land submit with joy.”