一切經音義 59.375

59.375

蝙蝠（方眠方目反方言蝙蝠服異蟙䘃靈鼠四者一物隨方別名也崔豹古今注云蝙蝠一云仙鼠一名飛鼠五百歲色白腦重集物則頭垂故謂之倒掛蝙蝠食之神仙蟙䘃音墨律文作蟬蝮非也）。

蝙蝠 [bat] (Pronounced with the fanqie 方眠 [biān] and 方目 [fú]. The Fangyan states: "蝙蝠, 服異, 蟙䘃, and 靈鼠 are all one single creature, with different names according to regional dialects." Cui Bao's Gujin zhu states: "The bat is also called the immortal rat, and also named the flying rat. At five hundred years of age its color turns white and its brain becomes heavy; when perching on things its head hangs down, hence it is called 'hanging upside down'. If one eats it, one becomes an immortal." 蟙䘃 is pronounced 墨 [mò]. Vinaya texts writing 蟬蝮 are in error).