一切經音義 71.260

71.260

狻猊（先桓反下五奚反即師子也出西域尒疋狻猊如[戔*(虎-儿+几)]猫食虎豹穆天子傳狻猊日走五百里是也[戔*(虎-儿+几)]音土板反）。

Suanni lion (狻猊: [the first character has the] fanqie 先桓 [s- + -uan > suān]; the second character has the fanqie 五奚 [ng- + -ei > ní]. That is the lion. It comes from the Western Regions. The Erya says: "The suanni resembles a striped cat; it eats tigers and leopards." The Biography of King Mu says: "The suanni can run five hundred li in a day," which refers to this. [The character 戔*(虎-儿+几)] is pronounced with the fanqie 土板 [t- + -an > tǎn]).