一切經音義 4.63

4.63

Bottom of a casket (匳底: [匳 is] pronounced *l[i]* + *[y]an* [lián]. The *Cang Jie pian* says it is the name of a utensil. The *Shuowen [jiezi]* says: "A mirror box." Examining *lian* (奩): these are incense caskets, weiqi piece caskets, and the like. It resembles a flat-bottomed container with edges and corners on top. In the sūtra it is written with *da* (大) and *pin* (品) as 奩, which does not form a proper character. When the sūtra speaks of "the bottom of a casket", it takes the flat bottom as a simile. The character *lian* (匳) is classified under *fang* (匚) with *qian* (僉), which is also phonetic. *Fang* (匚) is pronounced *f[ang]*).