一切經音義 10.229

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彗星（隨銳反考聲云𡝩星也光芒如帚帚箭草形占書云關中呼為伎女草此𡝩星光如伎女草形占書云所指之分有災或作篲古作篲）。

“Comet” (彗星: [彗 is] fanqie 隨 + 銳 [suì]. The Kaosheng says: “A broom star (𡝩星). Its rays of light resemble a broom, in the shape of arrow-grass. The divination books say: ‘In the Guanzhong region, it is called courtesan grass.’ The light of this broom star is shaped like courtesan grass. The divination books say: ‘The region to which it points will suffer disaster.’ It is also written 篲; anciently written 篲).