一切經音義 19.87

19.87

Kācilindika cotton (迦止栗那綿: also named 迦真隣底迦, the name of an auspicious bird. Its body has soft, delicate feathers, extraordinarily light and fine like silk floss, which can be spun into clothing or made into wadding. Only a wheel-turning sage king wears this garment. Although this kind of bird exists today, it is not truly that bird; its plumage is coarse and inferior, unsuitable for spinning into silk).