Visuddhimagga VIII-99

189. Nhārūti nava nhārusatāni.

（7）「腱」有九百的腱。

[SINEWS]

Ñ(VIII,99): There are nine hundred sinews.

Vaṇṇato sabbepi nhārū setā.

「色」──一切都是白的。

Ñ: As to colour, all the sinews are white.

Saṇṭhānato nānāsaṇṭhānā.

「形」──有种种形。

Ñ: As to shape, they have various shapes.

Etesu hi gīvāya uparimabhāgato paṭṭhāya pañca mahānhārū sarīraṃ vinandhamānā purimapassena otiṇṇā.

于此（腱）中；从颈的上部开始，有五根大腱联络身体向前面下走，

Ñ: For five of the great sinews that bind the body together start out from the upper part of the neck and descend by the front,

Pañca pacchimapassena.

有五根向（身的）后面，

Ñ: and five more by the back,

Pañca dakkhiṇapassena.

五根向右，

Ñ: and then five by the right

Pañca vāmapassena.

五根向左。

Ñ: and five by the left.

Dakkhiṇahatthaṃ vinandhamānāpi hatthassa purimapassena pañca.

联络右手的，亦于手的前面有五，

Ñ: And of those that bind the right hand, five descend by the front of the hand

Pacchimapassena pañca.

后面有五。

Ñ: and five by the back;

Tathā vāmahatthaṃ vinandhamānā.

联络左手的亦同样。

Ñ: likewise those that bind the left hand.

Dakkhiṇapādaṃ vinandhamānāpi pādassa purimapassena pañca.

联络右足的，亦于足的前面有五，

Ñ: And of those that bind the right foot, five descend by the front

Pacchimapassena pañca.

后面有五。

Ñ: and five by the back;

Tathā vāmapādaṃ vinandhamānāpīti evaṃ sarīradhārakā nāma saṭṭhimahānhārū kāyaṃ vinandhamānā otiṇṇā.

联络左足的亦同样。如是支持身体的有六十根大腱联络身体而向下走的。

Ñ: likewise those that bind the left foot. So there are sixty great sinews called 'body supporters' which descend [from the neck] and bind the body together,

Ye kaṇḍarātipi vuccanti.

它们亦名为筋，

Ñ: and they are also called 'tendons'.

Te sabbepi kandalamakuḷasaṇṭhānā.

一切如百合(kandala)的球茎之形。

Ñ: They are all the shape of yam shoots.

Aññe pana taṃ taṃ padesaṃ ajjhottharitvā ṭhitā. Tato sukhumatarā suttarajjukasaṇṭhānā.

其它散在各处的（腱）较细的如绳之形，

Ñ: But there are others scattered over various parts of the body, which are finer than the last-named. They are the shape of strings and cords.

Aññe tato sukhumatarā pūtilatāsaṇṭhānā,

更细的如臭蔓之形，

Ñ: There are others still finer, the shape of creepers.

aññe tato sukhumatarā mahāvīṇātantisaṇṭhānā.

又细的如琵琶之弦的形，

Ñ: Others still finer are the shape of large lute strings.

Aññe thūlasuttakasaṇṭhānā.

又细的如粗线之形。

Ñ: Yet others are the shape of coarse thread.

Hatthapādapiṭṭhīsu nhārū sakuṇapādasaṇṭhānā.

手背与足背的腱如鸟足之形。

Ñ: The sinews in the backs of the hands and feet are the shape of a bird's claw.

Sīse nhārū dārakānaṃ sīsajālakasaṇṭhānā.

头的腱如小儿的头缠（帽子）。

Ñ: The sinews in the head are the shape of children's head nets.

Piṭṭhiyaṃ nhārū ātape pasāritaallajālasaṇṭhānā.

背的腱如展在日光之下的湿网之形。

Ñ: The sinews in the back are the shape of a wet net spread out in the sun.

Avasesā taṃtaṃaṅgapaccaṅgānugatā nhārū sarīre paṭimukkajālakañcukasaṇṭhānā.

其它附着四肢五体各处的腱如网衣穿在身上的形状。

Ñ: The rest of the sinews, following the various limbs, are the shape of a net jacket fitted to the body.