一切經音義 3.18

3.18

謝法 (expressing gratitude for the Dharma; the former is xi/ye fan; Kaosheng says: 'To thank for grace'; Shuowen jiezi says: 'To decline or take leave; composed of 言 with 射 phonetic'; the latter, 法, has its standard form with 廌, written 灋; in current clerical script it is abbreviated without 廌 as 法; 廌 is zhai/mai fan, an ancient divine beast also named the xiezhi, which rams unrighteous ministers and drives them away; being level like water, it is composed of 水, 廌, and 去; currently it is conventionally written in the abbreviated form 法; Guangya says 'laws and commands'; Erya says 'constant'; Shuowen jiezi says 'punishment'; Gu Yewang says: '法 is like rubbing clean; a standard').