Visuddhimagga VIII-92

186. Dantāti paripuṇṇadantassa dvattiṃsa dantaṭṭhikāni.

（4）「齿」──齿长得完全的人，有三十二个齿骨。

[TEETH]

Ñ(VIII,92): There are thirty-two tooth bones in one whose teeth are complete.

Tepi vaṇṇato setā.

他们的「色」也是白的。

Ñ: They are white in colour.

Saṇṭhānato anekasaṇṭhānā.

「形」──有种种的形状，

Ñ: As to shape, they are of various shapes;

Tesaṃ hi heṭṭhimāya tāva dantapāḷiyā majjhe cattāro dantā mattikāpiṇḍe paṭipāṭiyā ṭhapitaalābubījasaṇṭhānā.

先就它们的下一排来说，在中间的四齿，好像次第插在一团粘土之上的葫芦瓜的子的形状；

Ñ: for firstly in the lower row, the four middle teeth are the shape of pumpkin seeds set in a row in a lump of clay;

Tesaṃ ubhosu passesu ekeko ekamūlako ekakoṭiko mallikamakuḷasaṇṭhāno.

在它们（四个）两边的每一个有一根及一尖端，如曼莉迦（素馨的一种）的蓓蕾之形；

Ñ: that on each side of them has one root and one point and is the shape of a jasmine bud;

Tato ekeko dvimūlako dvikoṭiko yānakaupatthambhinisaṇṭhāno.

此外的一个（小臼齿）有一根二尖端，如车的支柱之形；

Ñ: each one after that has two roots and two points and is the shape of a waggon prop;

Tato dve dve timūlā tikoṭikā.

再外边的二枚（小臼齿和大臼齿）有二根三尖端；

Ñ: then two each side with three roots and three points,

Tato dve dve catumūlā catukoṭikāti.

更外边的二枚（大臼齿）有四根四尖端。

Ñ: then two each side four-rooted and four-pointed.

Uparimapāḷiyāpi eseva nayo.

上面的一排也是同样的。

Ñ: Likewise in the upper row.

Disato uparimadisāya jātā.

「方位」──生在上方。

Ñ: As to direction, they lie in the upper direction.

Okāsato dvīsu hanukaṭṭhikesu patiṭṭhitā.

「处所」──在（上下）二腭骨中。

Ñ: As to location, they are fixed in the jaw bones.

Paricchedato heṭṭhā hanukaṭṭhike patiṭṭhitena attano mūlatalena,

「界限」──下以在腭骨中的（齿）根自己的面积，

Ñ: As to delimitation, they are bounded by the surface of their own roots which are fixed in the jaw bones;

upari ākāsena,

上以虚空，

Ñ: they are bounded above by space,

tiriyaṃ aññamaññena paricchinnā,

横以（诸齿）相互为界，

Ñ: and all round by each other.

dve dantā ekato natthi,

二齿长在一处是没有的。

Ñ: There are no two teeth together.

ayaṃ nesaṃ sabhāgaparicchedo.

这是它们的「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.)