一切經音義 89.160

89.160

瀑布（上蓬木反說文云瀑疾也從水從暴亦聲也考聲云瀑水懸流曰瀑布也案瀑布者山泉飛流於絕壁之上似瀑布之狀也孫綽天台山賦云瀑布飛流而界道是也傳文從日作曝或作暴皆非也）。

Waterfall (瀑布: the first character has the fanqie 蓬 + 木. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Pù means torrential." It takes 水 and 暴, and is also phonetic. The Kaosheng says: "Torrential water cascading down is called a pùbù." In my view, a waterfall is a mountain spring flying down over an abrupt cliff, resembling a torrential cascade. Sun Chuo's Rhapsody on Mount Tiantai says: "The waterfall flies down and divides the path," which is this. The transmitted text writes it with 日 as 曝 or as 暴, both of which are incorrect).