Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

一切經音義 54.368

一切經音義 54.368

Language
Classical Chinese

54.368

鮫魚(今作蛟同古肴反說文海魚也山海經彰水多鮫郭璞曰䱜屬也皮有珠文而堅尾長三四尺末有毒螫人皮可以飾刀劒也)。

Shark (鮫魚: now written 蛟, both *gu* + *yao* [jiao]. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A sea fish.' The Shanhaijing says: 'The Zhang River has many sharks.' Guo Pu says: 'A kind of cuo (shark). Its skin has pearl-like patterns and is hard; its tail is three or four feet long, and its end has venom that stings people; its skin can decorate knives and swords.')

English (machine translation) (machine translation)

Translations (1)