一切經音義 16.26

16.26

Nests and dens (巢窟: the first character has the fanqie ch- + [y]ou [=cháo]; the Shuowen says: 'A bird upon a tree'; it is a pictographic character; in the sūtra it is written with 'fruit' [果], which is incorrect. The second character has the fanqie k- + [g]u [=kū]; Du's commentary to the Zuo zhuan says: 'A den (窟) is an earthen chamber'; the Shuowen says it is formed with 'cave' [穴] and qu [屈] as phonetic; versions with 'roof' [宀] are incorrect).