一切經音義 41.350

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蟒蛇（上莫牓反尒雅蟒蛇王郭璞注曰蛇之大者故曰蟒蛇說文從䖝莽聲莽字說文從犬𦬇聲𦬇音同上從重廾經文下從卉俗字誤也下射遮反毛詩惟虺惟蛇周易蛇𮙥屬也考聲云毒蟲也說文從虫它聲它音徒河反經文作虵俗字也）。

Python (蟒蛇: the upper [character has the fanqie] 莫牓反. The Erya [says]: 'The 蟒 is the king of serpents.' Guo Pu's commentary says: 'The largest of serpents, hence called python (蟒蛇).' The Shuowen [says it is] composed of 䖝 with 莽 phonetic. In the Shuowen, the character 莽 is composed of 犬 with 𦬇 phonetic. 𦬇 has the same sound as above, composed of double 廾. In the sūtra text the lower part is composed of 卉, which is an erroneous popular form. The lower [character has the fanqie] 射遮反. The Mao Poetry says: 'Only vipers and only serpents.' The Zhouyi says: 'Serpents belong to the coiled/scaled creatures.' The Kaosheng says: 'A venomous insect/creature.' The Shuowen [says it is] composed of 虫 with 它 phonetic. 它 has the sound 徒河反. In the sūtra text it is written as 虵, which is a popular form).