[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) › [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128) › 13.17 # 一切經音義 13.17 一切經音義 13.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.13.17) 莖幹（上幸耕反博雅草本曰莖說文枝主也從廾音草巠聲也巠音形下岡嬾反說文樹枝也從干倝干岸反聲或從木從干此二字並通二去聲今取上聲也）。 > Jinggan \[stem and trunk\] (the first character is fanqie: xing- + -geng; the Boya says: 'The stem of herbaceous plants is called jing.' The Shuowen says: 'The master of the branches; composed of gong, pronounced cao \[herb\], and jing phonetic; jing is pronounced xing.' The second character is fanqie: gang- + -lan; the Shuowen says: 'Tree branch; composed of gan with gan, fanqie: gan- + -an, as phonetic.' Sometimes written with 'wood' and gan. Both of these characters generally allow for the departing tone, but here the rising tone is adopted). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.13.16) - [Next: 13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.13.18) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.13.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.13.17) · Pramāṇa