一切經音義 19.215

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蛟龍（梵語云宮毘羅有鱗曰蛟龍抱朴子曰母龍曰蛟龍子曰虯龍其狀似魚其身如鼉尾皮有珠郭注山海經云蛟似蛇而四脚小頭細頸頸有白嬰大者數十圍卵生子如一二斛𤮲能吞人有神力）。

蛟龍 (in Sanskrit called kumbhīra. Those with scales are called 蛟龍 (flood dragons). The Baopuzi says: 'The female dragon is called 蛟龍; the dragonet is called 虯龍. Its shape resembles a fish, its body is like an alligator (鼉), and the skin of its tail has pearls.' Guo's commentary on the Shanhaijing says: 'The flood dragon resembles a snake with four small legs, a small head, and a slender neck, with a white ruff around its neck. The large ones are several tens of girths around. They hatch from eggs, their young are like one or two hu [in size], and they can swallow humans and possess spiritual powers').