翻譯名義集 4.29

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【盂蘭盆】盂蘭，西域之語，轉此翻倒懸。盆是此方貯食之器。三藏云：「盆羅百味，式貢三尊。仰大眾之恩光，救倒懸之窘急。」義當救倒懸器（如《孟子》云：「當今之時，萬乘之國行仁政，民之悅之，如解倒懸。」）。應法師云：「盂蘭言訛，正云烏藍婆拏，此云救倒懸。」

[Ullambana] Ullam is a word of the Western Regions, which here translates as 'hanging upside down'. Pen is an eating vessel of this land. The Tripiṭaka [master] says: 'The vessel arranges a hundred flavors to present respectfully to the Three Honored Ones. Relying on the gracious light of the great assembly, it saves from the distress of hanging upside down.' In meaning, it corresponds to a vessel for saving from hanging upside down. (As Mencius says: 'At the present time, if a state of ten thousand chariots practices benevolent government, the delight of the people will be like being released from hanging upside down.') Dharma Master Ying says: 'Ullan is a corruption; correctly it should be ulambana, which translates as saving from hanging upside down.'