[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) › 7.23 # 翻譯名義集 7.23 翻譯名義集 7.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.7.23) 【滿茶邏（力箇切）】此翻壇。新云正名曼茶羅。言壇者，鄭玄注《禮》云：「封土曰壇，除地曰墠（常演）。」封者起土界也，壇之言坦也。坦，明貌也。《漢書音義》云：「築土而高曰壇，除地平坦曰場。」《國語》云：「壇之所除地曰場。」除，掃也。《周書》曰：「為三壇同墠。」墠，除地也。《說文》云：「野土也。」《爾雅》云：「鹿之所息謂之場。」《詩》云：「九月築場圃。」注云：「春夏為圃，秋冬為場。場即平治土面，於上治穀。」 > \[Maṇḍala\] (Pronounced li-ge). Here it is translated as "altar" (tan). The newer translation says its correct name is maṇḍala. Regarding the "altar," Zheng Xuan's commentary on the Li says: "Mounded earth is called tan; cleared ground is called shan." Mounding means raising earthen boundaries; tan means tan \[level, flat\]. Tan is the appearance of clarity. The Han shu yinyi says: "Compacted earth built high is called an altar (tan); ground cleared flat is called a ground (chang)." The Guoyu says: "The ground cleared by an altar is called a ground." Clearing means sweeping clean. The Book of Zhou says: "Constructing three altars on the same cleared ground." Shan means cleared ground. The Shuowen says: "Wild ground." The Erya says: "Where deer rest is called a ground." The Book of Odes says: "In the ninth month they make the ground and vegetable garden." The commentary says: "In spring and summer it is a vegetable garden; in autumn and winter it is a threshing ground. A ground means levelling the earth's surface to process grain upon it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.7.22) - [Next: 7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.7.24) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.7.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.7.23) · Pramāṇa