翻譯名義集 3.134

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[Nyagrodha]: Also termed *nyagrodha*; translated here as 'without joints' and also as 'extending all around'. Its leaves resemble the persimmon leaves of this land. Its fruit is called *tala*, as large as a five-pint jar; eating it removes heat and phlegm. The *Zhihua* says: 'Translated by meaning as willow, because the tree is large and the seeds small, resembling the willows of this land; hence it was translated as such.' The *Song Biographies of Eminent Monks* says: 'Translation means exchange; that is, using what one has to translate what one lacks. Just as the *nyagrodha* tree is the willow of the Eastern Xia: though the names differ, the essence of the tree is one.'