一切經音義 12.105

12.105

半擇迦（音宅下薑佉反梵語也黃門二形不男之類也）。

半擇迦 Pronounced zhái [zhái], and the last character is pronounced k- + -ɨ- / -a [jiā]. A Sanskrit word [paṇḍaka]. It denotes eunuchs, hermaphrodites, and those of the unmanly class.