一切經音義 32.30

32.30

呪詛 (upper: *tsyuw* + *bju* [zhòu]: A popular character; correctly written with the speech radical as 詶. The *Shuowen jiezi* says: '詶 also means to curse; follows the speech radical with the phonetic *zhōu* (州).' Lower: *tsrjo* + *tsrjo* [zǔ]: Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary on the *Rites of Zhou* says: 'Making covenants and curses at sworn agreements: a great matter is called a covenant (盟); a small matter is called a curse (詛).' The *Book of Documents* says: '詛祝 means to revile and curse.' The *Shuowen jiezi* says: 'Follows the speech radical with the phonetic *qiě* (且).' The sūtra writes it with the mouth radical as 咀, which is a popular variant usage; having been transmitted and used for a long time, it is preserved here).