On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c10.52

v1.c10.52

The *Shan-ni-lo-she* of this passage may be, as Julien suggests, for Sanirāja, and the *Sa-pao-sha-ti* for the word Sarpaushadhi. This latter means “serpent medicine”, and this agrees with the rendering in the Chinese note to the ordinary texts. The D edition gives the translation as “Earth Medicine”, but this is probably the result of some copyist's error. The *Su-mo* of the text is perhaps for Soma, although Julien restores it as Sūma and translates *Su-mo-shê* by “water serpent”.