Kuśinagara,又曰俱尸那,拘夷那竭,究施,拘尸那竭,拘尸那揭羅。城名。譯言角城,茅城等。是世尊入滅之處。玄應音義二十一曰:「拘尸那,舊經中,或作拘夷那竭,又作究施城。那者,以梵語那迦囉,此云城也,譯言上茅者,多有好茅故也。」涅槃經會疏一曰:「拘尸那,云無翻,有多義故。或云角城,具三角故。或云茅城,草覆城故。又云仙人城。」西域記六曰:「拘尸那揭羅國。」拘尸那揭羅,譯曰上茅,或不與矩奢揭羅補羅Kuśāgārapura混同。上茅城為摩揭陀舊城之名。
Kuśinagara; 拘尸那竭 or拘尸那揚羅; 拘夷那竭 (or 俱夷那竭); 俱尸那; 究施 a city identified by Professor Vogel with Kasiah, 180 miles north-west of Patna, 'capital city of the Mallas' (M. W.); the place where Śākyamuni died; 'so called after the sacred Kuśa grass.' Eitel. Not the same as Kuśāgārapura, v. 矩.
拘尸那 此云角城。輔行云:其城三角,故云角也。
拘尸那拉城,是釋尊入滅的地方。
梵語西國城名也此云[而/火]草城或云香茅城以多出此草故也在於中印度境周千餘里即如來於此入大涅盤處