一切經音義 17.131

English (machine translation) 17.131

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17.131

Severing and cutting off (斬截: [截 is pronounced] 前 + 飾 [jié]. The commentary on the Shijing says: '截𭣼 means orderly and neat.' The Shuowen says: '截 means to sever; it derives from 戈 [halberd] with 雀 as phonetic.' In the sūtra text it is written with 土 [earth] as 截, which is a popular variant).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese