[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 2.84 # 釋氏要覽 2.84 釋氏要覽 2.84 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.84) 音義指歸云。名苑曰鹿之大者曰麈。群鹿隨之。皆看麈所往隨麈尾所轉為準今講者執之象彼蓋有所指麾故○五百問云。比丘捉麈尾\[彳\*巳\]墮。 > The Zhigui on Sounds and Meanings says: The Mingyuan says that the largest of deer is called zhù (stag). Herds of deer follow it, all watching where the stag goes and following the turn of the stag's tail as standard. Today lecturers hold it in imitation of this, as they have something to indicate. The Five Hundred Questions says: If a monk grasps a stag-tail whisk, he will fall into the \[evil\] paths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.83) - [Next: 2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.85) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.2.84) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.2.84) · Pramāṇa