[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131) › 5.146 # 翻譯名義集 5.146 翻譯名義集 5.146 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.146) 【韋陀】亦名吠陀。此云智論；知此生智，即邪智論。亦翻無對。舊云毘陀，訛也。《韋陀》有四：一、阿由，此云方命，亦曰壽，謂養生繕性。二、夜殊，謂祭祀祈禱。三、娑麿，謂禮儀占卜，兵法軍陣。四、阿達婆，謂異能技數，禁呪醫方。《索隱》引《摩蹬伽經》云：「初人名梵天，造一韋陀。次有僊名白淨，變一為四：一名讀誦，二名祭祀，三名歌詠，四名禳災。次名弗沙，有二十五弟子，各一韋陀，能廣分別。或云韋陀是符檄。」《漢書．高紀》曰：「檄以木簡為書，長尺二寸，用徵召也；其有急事，則加鳥羽插之，示疾速也。」 > \[Veda (韋陀)\] Also called \*Veda\* (吠陀). This is translated as "treatise on knowledge"; knowing this produces knowledge, yet it is a treatise of perverse knowledge. It is also translated as "unrivalled". In the past it was called \*Vida\* (毘陀), which is an error. There are four Vedas: First, \*Āyur\*, translated here as "prolonging life" or "longevity", which refers to nourishing life and caring for one's nature. Second, \*Yajur\*, which refers to sacrifices and prayers. Third, \*Sāma\*, which refers to etiquette, divination, military strategy, and battle arrays. Fourth, \*Atharva\*, which refers to extraordinary skills and arts, protective incantations, and medicine. The \*Suoyin\* cites the \*Mātaṅga Sūtra\*: "The first person was named Brahmā; he composed one Veda. Next there was an ascetic named Śuddhodana (White Purity), who transformed the one into four: the first was called recitation; the second was called sacrifice; the third was called singing; the fourth was called averting calamities. Next there was one named Puṣya, who had twenty-five disciples, each with one Veda, able to broadly distinguish them. Some say the Veda is an official call to arms (xi)." The 'Annals of Gaozu' in the \*Book of Han\* says: "A call to arms is written on a wooden tablet, one foot two inches long, used for summoning; if there is urgent business, a bird's feather is inserted into it to signify swiftness." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.145) - [Next: 5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.147) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.5.146) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.9.3) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.5.146) · Pramāṇa