一切經音義 38.123

38.123

閃電（上苫冉反下音殿閃電者雷電欲發之先光也下卷中腅電與上閃電並一義也）。

閃電 (The upper character is pronounced with the fanqie 苫冉 [shǎn]; the lower character has the sound 殿 [diàn]. Flash of lightning (閃電) refers to the illumination that appears just before thunder and lightning are about to strike. In the lower fascicle, 腅電 has the same meaning as the flash of lightning (閃電) above.)