一切經音義 76.197

76.197

緊那蟲（經引反梵語喻此蟲三時變色初土色次赤色後黑色經作虫略也）。

Kiṃnara insect (緊那蟲; the first character is fanqie 經 + 引. A Sanskrit term. A metaphor for an insect that changes color three times: first earth-colored, then reddish, and finally black. The scripture writes it as 虫, which is an abbreviated form).