一切經音義 41.65

41.65

蝮蠍（上芳伏反尒雅蝮虺博三寸首大如擘郭璞注云如人擘指史記云蝮螫手則斷手惡毒虵也下軒謁反四方通語也字從虫歇聲也經從曷非也說文云毒蟲也尾上拳有毒刺篆字象形玉篇蠆音圻介反變體字也俗名𧔣𱿴見通俗文上𧔣音他割反下𱿴音郎割反㪅有異名不錄）。

Adders and scorpions (蝮蠍: for the first character, fanqie fāng-fú. The Erya says: "The fù (蝮) adder is three inches wide, its head as large as a thumb." Guo Pu's commentary says: "Like a human thumb." The Shiji says: "When an adder stings the hand, sever the hand; an evilly venomous snake." For the second character, fanqie xuān-yè; common speech throughout the four regions; composed of the insect radical with xiē (歇) phonetic. In the sūtra text, writing it with hé (曷) is incorrect. The Shuowen jiezi says: "A venomous insect; its tail curls upward with a venomous stinger; a pictographic seal script character." The Yupian gives the sound of chài (蠆) as qǐ-jiè fanqie, a variant form. Its popular name is tà-là (𧔣𱿴), found in the Tongsu wen; the upper character is fanqie tā-gē, and the lower character is fanqie láng-gē. There are further other names, which are not recorded here).