[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) › 35.166 # 一切經音義 35.166 一切經音義 35.166 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.35.166) 虵齧（上杜遮反俗字正從它作蛇或作它字書云毒蟲也毛詩惟虺惟蛇說文上古草居畏蛇故相問無它乎蒼頡篇曰蛇非一也種類甚多難以具述它音他下研結反禮記無齧骨說文齧噬也從齒㓞聲而本形之字也）。 > Snake bite (虵齧) (the first character is \*du-zhe\* fan; a vulgar form; the correct standard takes 它 to write 蛇, or is written simply as 它; character dictionaries say: "A poisonous creeping creature"; the Mao Odes says: "Only vipers, only snakes"; Shuowen jiezi says: "In high antiquity, people dwelt in the grass and feared snakes, so they greeted each other asking, 'Is there no snake (它)?'"; Cang Jie pian says: "Snakes are not of one kind; they are extremely manifold and hard to detail"; 它 is pronounced \*ta\*; the second character is \*yan-jie\* fan; the Book of Rites says: "Do not gnaw on bones"; Shuowen jiezi says: "To chew and bite"; it takes the tooth radical and the \*qie\* (㓞) sound, being an ideogram). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.35.165) - [Next: 35.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.35.167) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.35) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.35.166) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.35.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.35.166) · Pramāṇa