一切經音義 17.129

English (machine translation) 17.129

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17.129

Within a handful (掬中: [掬 is pronounced] 弓 + 六 [jū]. The Mao Commentary on the Shijing says: 'A full hand is called 掬.' Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: '匊 means within the hand.' The Shuowen says: 'It derives from 米 [rice] with 勹 as phonetic.' 勹 has the sound 包 [bāo]. Character dictionaries properly write it as this 匊; in the sūtra text it is written with 手 [hand] as 掬, which is a popular variant in general use).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese