一切經音義 34.91

34.91

Maoshuo 矛矟 (the first character is fanqie 莫 + 侯. The Kaosheng states: "A long spear (qiomao 酋矛); a type of dagger-axe or lance." The Shuowen states: "A spear twenty feet in length, erected upon war chariots; a pictograph." The Wenzidian shuo writes 酋矛; the sūtra's writing with rou 柔 is erroneous and not adopted here. The second character is fanqie 雙 + 卓. The Guangya states: "A shuo 矟 is a spear (mao 矛)." The Gujin zhengzi states: "A shuo is eighteen feet in length; classified under spear (矛) with the phonophoric xiao 肖").