一切經音義 15.96

15.96

Castor bean (萞麻: [萞 has the] fanqie 閉迷. The Kaosheng says: "Name of a plant; its seeds resemble cattle ticks (螕), hence the name." It takes 草 with 𣬉 for phonetic value. In the current sūtra text it is written 𦳈 or 蜱, neither of which is the original character).