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# 翻譯名義集 3.82

翻譯名義集 3.82

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.3.82)

【震旦】或曰真丹，或云旃丹。琳法師云：「東方屬震，是日出之方，故云震旦。」《華嚴音義》翻為漢地，此不善華言。《樓炭經》云：「䓗河以東，名為震旦。以日初出，耀於東隅，故得名也。」

> \[Cīnasthāna\] Also called Zhendan, or called Zhandan. Dharma Master Lin says: “The east corresponds to the trigram \*zhen\*, which is the direction of the rising sun, hence it is called Zhendan.” The \*Huayan yinyi\* translates it as the Land of Han, but this is poor Chinese. The \*Loutan jing\* says: “East of the Congling Mountains is named Zhendan. Because the sun first rises and shines upon the eastern corner, it received this name.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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