西域樹名,葉青,華有三色:日未出時黑色,日正照時赤色,日沒時黃色。樹汁甚赤。用染皮[(畾/(冗-几+互))*毛]。名曰紫礦。見翻譯名義集。參照波羅奢條。
palāśa; a leaf, petal, foliage; the blossom of theButea frondosa, a tree with red flowers, whose sap is used for dye; said to be black before sunrise, red during the day, and yellow after sunset.
波羅奢華 章安云:此是樹名。其葉青色;華有三色:日未出時,則黑色;日正照時,華赤色;日沒時,華黃色。今取赤色如血義耳。經音義云:此華樹汁,其色甚赤,用染皮[疊*毛],名曰紫礦。
譯曰赤花