翻譯名義集 2.54

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[Mahoraga] Also called mohuluojia; translated here as "crawling on a great belly." Kumārajīva said: "They are earth dragons that crawl on their bellies." Sengzhao said: "Great python spirits that crawl on their bellies." The Commentary on the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa states: "They are the worldly temple deities. Receiving people's liquor and meat, it all enters the python's belly. Breaking the precepts with deviant flattery, having much wrath and little giving, they covet and indulge in liquor and meat. Being lax in precepts, they fall among ghosts and spirits; having much wrath, insects enter their bodies and feed on them. Also called mohuluo. As for the various sūtras calling them 'human-yet-non-humans,' Tiantai states that this is merely concluding the count of the eight classes."