一切經音義 36.27

36.27

厭縛: The first character has the fanqie yi + yan (yàn). The *Kaosheng* says: 'Yan means to avert evil by ritual.' The *Guangya* says: 'To suppress and pin down.' The *Jixun* says: 'To affix to.' I note: yan also means sorcerous prayers—praying to demonic spirits and deities to bring calamity upon a person, or making talismans invoking the person's name, or fashioning a likeness of that person to bury in a shrine, beneath a hearth, or at a crossroads; this is called sorcerous supplication (yandao).