一切經音義 2.35

2.35

Eye discharge and earwax (眵聹: the upper character is duo + zhi fan. The Yunying says: congealed fluid of the eyes. The sūtra text writes [膗-隹+虫], which is an error; checking various character dictionaries, none has this character [膗-隹+虫]. The Shuowen jiezi says: injured eye canthi; it takes the eye signific and chi abbreviative phonetic. Canthus (眥) is ci + ci fan. The lower character is ning + ting fan, in the rising tone. The Wenzi jilüe says: 耵聹 is the grime within the ear. The Gujin zhengzi says: it takes the ear signific and ning phonetic).