一切經音義 31.183

31.183

Scaled and shelled (鱗介: the first character has the sound l- [栗] + -ín [珍] fanqie. Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: 'Scales refers to the class of fish and dragons.' The Shuowen says: 'Scales are the armor of fish and dragons; formed from the fish radical (魚) with lín (粦) as phonetic; 粦 has the sound lìn [恡].' The sūtra text takes the deer radical, writing lín (麟), which is an auspicious beast and not the intended meaning of the sūtra; this is a scribal error. The second character has the sound ji- [皆] + -iè [械] fanqie. Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: 'The class of turtles and tortoises that dwell in water and reproduce on land.' The Shuowen says: 'Formed from bā (八) and rén (人)').