Visuddhimagga VIII-91

185. Nakhāti vīsatiyā nakhapattānaṃ nāmaṃ.

（3）（爪）──有二十枚名爪。

[NAILS]

Ñ(VIII,91): 'Nails' is the name for the twenty nail plates.

Te sabbepi vaṇṇato setā.

它们都是白「色」。

Ñ: They are all white as to colour.

Saṇṭhānato macchasakalikasaṇṭhānā.

「形」如鱼鳞。

Ñ: As to shape, they are the shape of fish scales.

Disato pādanakhā heṭṭhimadisāya,

「方位」──足的爪在下方，

Ñ: As to direction: the toe-nails are in the lower direction;

hatthanakhā uparimadisāyāti dvīsu disāsu jātā.

手的爪在上方，[PTS 251] 如是生在两方。

Ñ: the finger-nails are in the upper direction. [251] So they grow in the two directions.

Okāsato aṅgulīnaṃ aggapiṭṭhesu patiṭṭhitā.

「处所」──生在指（趾）端的背上。

Ñ: As to location, they are fixed on the tips of the backs of the fingers and toes.

Paricchedato dvīsu disāsu aṅgulikoṭimaṃsehi,

「界限」──两方以（左右）指端的肉，

Ñ: As to delimitation, they are bounded in the two directions by the flesh of the ends of the fingers and toes,

anto aṅgulipiṭṭhimaṃsena,

内以指背的肉，

Ñ: and inside by the flesh of the backs of the fingers and toes,

bahi ceva agge ca ākāsena,

外与顶以虚空，

Ñ: and externally and at the end by space,

tiriyaṃ aññamaññena paricchinnā,

横以（诸爪）相互之间为限，

Ñ: and all round by each other.

dve nakhā ekato natthi,

没有二爪长在一处的。

Ñ: There are no two nails together.

ayaṃ nesaṃ sabhāgaparicchedo.

这是它的「自分的界限」。

Ñ: … (This is the delimitation by the similar.)

Visabhāgaparicchedo pana kesasadisoyeva.

「他分的界限」与发相似。

Ñ: (But their delimitation by the dissimilar is like that for the head hairs.)