一切經音義 72.92

72.92

蟠結（上扶瞞反鄭注禮記云蟠猶委結也顧野王云蟠紆迴轉也廣雅云蟠從曲也方言云龍未昇天者曰蟠龍也說文從虫番音幡也）。

Coiled up (蟠結: the first character [蟠] is fanqie 扶瞞 [pán]. Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "蟠 is like coiling and knotting." Gu Yewang says: "蟠 means winding and twisting around." The Guangya says: "蟠 means following a curve." The Fangyan says: "A dragon that has not yet ascended to heaven is called a coiled dragon (panlong)." The Shuowen says it is formed with the insect radical [虫], and 番 has the pronunciation 幡 [fān]).