一切經音義 30.361

30.361

Quanqiong 詮窮 (the first syllable is read with the fanqie 七宣. The Kaosheng says: "詮 means to explain narratively; it means to verify." The Huainanzi says: "Discourse that explicates (詮) uses analogies of human affairs to explain and illustrate the nature of order and chaos." The Shuowen says: "It means fully expounding facts and principles; it is formed from 言 [speech] with 全 as the phonetic." The preface to the scripture writes it with 艸 as 荃, which is the name of a fragrant herb and does not agree with the sūtra's meaning).