一切經音義 20.38

20.38

曲撩 ("hooked pikes"; [the latter] fanqie: 了 + 蕭. The Guangya says: "Liao (撩) means to take, or to manage." According to the meaning in the sūtra, qu liao must refer to a weapon of war, not the meaning of taking or managing. When consulting dictionaries, all give the same [definitions], which diverge from the sūtra. I consider that this must be a hooked halberd, resembling a spear with a curved blade like a hook—the hook-spear of today).