一切經音義 3.248

3.248

Pity and compassion (憐愍: the first character, lian [練] + nian [年] fan. The Erya says: “To love.” The Kaosheng says: “To mourn.” In the sūtra written as 怜, a vulgar character. The second character, min [旻] + yun [殞] fan. He Xiu's commentary to the Gongyang zhuan says: “愍 means to feel wounded [for someone].” The Posthumous Titles law says: “Causing people to grieve and feel wounded is called 愍.” The Shuowen says it is formed from heart [心] with 敃 phonetic, which has the same sound as above).