日種

(日種, 日种)

Sūrya-vaṃśa, one of the five surnames of Śākyamuni, sun-seed or lineage, his first ancestors having been produced by the sun from. 'two stalks of sugar-cane'; v. Ikṣvāku.

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謂甘蔗王， 由日炙甘蔗而生， 遂以日為種， 故云日種。