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一切經音義 25.317

一切經音義 25.317

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Classical Chinese

25.317

舌則卷縮(今按玉篇卷字有三音一音九勉反收卷也又音九媛反書卷也又音奇圓反曲縮也此音是經所取也即此卷縮之卷又有三體一作觠字角曲也二作𢑆字弓曲也三作韏字皮縮也經云舌縮宜作卷字也)。

"The tongue then curls and shrinks" (We now observe that the Yupian gives three pronunciations for the character 卷: one is in the fanqie 九勉 [juǎn], meaning to roll up; another is in the fanqie 九媛 [juàn], meaning a book scroll; and another is in the fanqie 奇圓 [quán], meaning curved and shrunken. It is this last pronunciation that is adopted by the sūtra. This character 卷 meaning "curled and shrunken" also has three graphic forms: one written as 觠, meaning horns curved; the second written as 𢑆, meaning a bow curved; the third written as 韏, meaning leather shrivelled. The sūtra, in saying the tongue shrinks, ought properly to write it as 卷).

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