一切經音義 75.59

75.59

鬽魖（上眉被反或從未作魅案鬼其類甚多或狐或貍或種種異類或鬼或神皆能魅人下音虛虛秏鬼也異苑曰虛秏鬼所至之處令人損失財物庫藏空竭名為秏鬼其形不一怪物也）。

鬽魖 ("demons and wasting spirits": the first character is fanqie 眉被 [mèi], or written with 未 as 魅. Considering the categories of spirits, they are very numerous: foxes, wildcats, or various other strange species; whether ghosts or spirits, all can bewitch humans. The second character is pronounced 虛 [xū], a wasting and depleting demon. The Yiyuan says: 'Wherever the wasting demon goes, it causes people to lose wealth and possessions, leaving storehouses empty and exhausted; it is called the wasting demon. Its form is variable; it is a monstrous thing').