一切經音義 20.144

20.144

Flower garland (華𮫉: in Sanskrit mālya [mālā], here translated as garland [鬘], pronounced man [an]. In the Western Regions, garland-makers mostly use sumanā flowers strung together into strands. Regardless of male or female, noble or base, all adorn themselves with this, whether on the head or body as decoration. Thus in the sūtras there are flower garlands, heavenly garlands, jewel garlands, and the like, all referring to the same thing. The character takes the radical hair [髟] and is pronounced man [suo + xian fan]. The side phonetic is mian [mi + ran fan]. In the sūtra text it is written 𩬞, which is not the correct form).