Vasu，又曰婆蓃，仙人名。婆羅門中始殺生祀天，生墮於地獄，經無量劫，由華聚菩薩之大光明力脫地獄，詣釋迦佛所。佛讚嘆之，為眾說其大方便力。見智度論三、方等陀羅尼經一。
vasu婆萸; good; rich; sweet; dry; according to Monier-Williams, eight personifications of natural phenomena; eight; the sun, etc.; father of Kṛṣṇa; intp. as the first to offer slain sacrifices to Heaven, to have been cast into hell, but after countlesskalpas to have become a disciple of Buddha. Also called Vasudeva. Also name of certaindevas, e.g. Viṣṇu; and other beings whom men serve, e.g. a father.
一婆藪 梵名 Vasu。又作婆蓃、婆藪縛斯。係奉婆羅門教之仙人。昔之摩揭陀國王，後出家為仙人，嘗依四吠陀法之讚言，主張殺生祀天，後墮入地獄；復經佛之教誡，始歸三寶，而居於補陀落山麓結草庵供奉觀音。就婆藪仙人遵奉婆羅門教之說而言，相通於婆私吒為婆羅門族代表性仙人之說，故一般以為婆藪仙人即婆私吒。又密教將之安於胎藏界曼荼羅外金剛部院之東方。〔大方等陀羅尼經卷一、大智度論卷三〕（參閱「婆私吒」5619）p5637
婆藪 方等陀羅尼經云：爾時婆藪從地獄出，將九十二億罪人，來詣娑婆世界。十方亦然。於時文殊師利語舍利弗：此諸罪人，佛未出時，造不善行，經於地獄，因於華聚放大光明，承光而出（云云）。婆者言天，藪言慧。云何天慧之人，地獄受苦。又婆言廣，藪言通；又婆言高，藪言妙；又婆言斷，藪言智；又婆言剛，藪言柔；又婆言慈，藪言悲。
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