翻譯名義集 7.52

7.52

【憍奢耶】應法師翻蟲衣，謂用野蠶絲綿作衣。《事鈔》云：「即黑毛臥具。」寧《音義》云：「梵云高世耶，譯云野蠶綿。東天竺有國名烏陀，粳米欲熟，葉變為蟲，蟲則食米，人取蒸以為綿也。如此絲綿者，名摩呵䟦多。此言大衣，衣甚貴，即大價之衣。」《感通傳》云：「伏見西來梵僧，咸著布㲲。具問。答云：『五天竺國，無著蠶衣。』由此興念，著斯《章服儀》。」

[Kauśeya] Master Ying translates this as worm garment, referring to cloth made from the silk floss of wild silkworms. The Shichao says: 'It is a black woollen mat.' Ning's Yinyi says: 'In Sanskrit it is called kauśeya, translated as wild silk floss. In eastern India there is a country named Oḍra; when the non-glutinous rice is about to ripen, its leaves turn into worms, which then eat the rice. People harvest and steam them to make floss. Such silk floss is called mahābhadra. This translates as great robe; the robe is extremely expensive, namely a robe of great value.' The Gantong zhuan says: 'I have observed that the Sanskrit monks coming from the west all wear cotton cloth. When asked in detail, they answered: "In the five Indies, none wear silkworm cloth." From this arose my intention to compose this Treatise on Robes and Adornment.'