一切經音義 18.50

18.50

Raft (the pronunciation is [the fanqie] 煩 + 襪. The Fangyan says: 'A raft is called pai, and pai is called fa. Fa is the common term used between Qin and Jin.' Wang Yi's commentary on the Chuci says: 'Bamboo or timber bound together to float on water is called fa; the people of Chu call it mei.' Mei is pronounced [with the fanqie] 敗 + 埋. Mei is fu; the characters 𣻜 and 柎 have identical pronunciation and use, both [pronounced with the fanqie] 芳 + 于. Mei is a raft (fa). In the sūtra text it is written as 筏, a vulgar graph; the standard form takes the wood radical with fa as phonetic).