翻譯名義集 1.16

1.16

Someone asked: “Tripiṭaka Master Xuanzang and Dharma Master Yijing traveled west to the Sanskrit lands and translated into Chinese in the east, pointing out ancient translations and proving them to be old errors. How could it be that Nāgārjuna of the first bhūmi discussed Sanskrit sounds without direct familiarity (as in calling Gṛdhrakūṭa ‘Vulture Peak,’ where kūṭa is ‘head’; Xuanzang said this was an error, and now it is given as jili-luoju-zha), and Kumārajīva of the three stages of sagehood translated into Qin speech without accuracy (Kumārajīva translated Rāhula as ‘Obstruction,’ while Xuanzang translated it as ‘Seizing the Sun’)? If both are erroneous, how could they evoke resonant communion, shed grace across ancient and modern times, and bestow blessings upon the unseen and visible realms?”