一切經音義 27.110

English (machine translation) 27.110

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27.110

Agate (manao): (Aśmagarbha; here translated as 'pestle-womb/treasure'. Aśma means pestle, garbha means womb or treasure, or it is called embryo, taking the meaning of its solidity. It is called manao because its color resembles a horse's brain [manao]. Various books write it with the characters 瑪𰢐 because it belongs to the jade class, or write it with 碼𥖋 as it belongs to the stone class).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese