一切經音義 16.22

16.22

花鬘 (Huāmán, flower garland: [the second character has the] fanqie Ma-ban [mán]. It is a phonetic loan character; its original sound was the fanqie Mi-ran [mián], but it is now borrowed for mán. A flower garland is an ornament for adornment of the body in the Western regions: seasonal flowers of herbs and trees are strung together with thread into five-coloured bands; regardless of whether male or female, they are placed upon the body and head as adornments, just like ribbon-sashes).