Visuddhimagga VII-64

Yasmā pana tīsu bhavesu taṇhāsaṅkhātaṃ gamanaṃ anena vantaṃ, tasmā bhavesu vantagamanoti vattabbe bhavasaddato bhakāraṃ gamanasaddato gakāraṃ vantasaddato vakārañca dīghaṃ katvā ādāya bhagavāti vuccati yathā loke mehanassa khassa mālāti vattabbe mekhalāti.

其次佛陀曾经舍离于三有中而称为爱的旅行,所以本应说「有中舍离旅行者」(bhavesu vantagamana),但现在取有(bhava)的婆(bha)字,取旅行(gamana)的伽(ga)字,取舍离(vanta)的梵(va)字,再将阿(a)变成长音的阿(ā),故称「世尊」(Bhagavā)。正如世间中本应说「女子隐(mehanassa)处(khassa)的花环(mālā)」,但是(取me+kha+lā)说「金腰带」(mekhalā)。

Ñ(VII,64): He [can also] be called 'blessed' (bhagavā) when he can be called one who 'has rejected going in the kinds of becoming' (vantagamano bhavesu) because in the three kinds of becoming (bhava), the going (gamana), in other words, craving, has been rejected (vanta) by him. And the syllables bha from the word bhava, and ga from the word gamana, and va from the word vanta with the letter a lengthened, make the word bhagavā, just as is done in the world with the word mekhalā, since 'MEhanassa KHAssa māLĀ' can be said.



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