摩訶迦葉之譯名。迦葉或譯為龜。或譯為飲光。見迦葉條。
Mahākāśyapa q. v., he who "drank in light" (with his mother's milk), she having become radiant with golden-colored pearl, a relic of Vipaśyin, the first of the seven former Buddhas; it is a false etymology.
即大迦葉波之美稱也大毘婆沙論云上古有仙人身有光明能攝諸光皆令不現故號飲光摩訶迦葉波是此仙種也身黃金色世人號之曰大飲光