一切經音義 4.84

4.84

眼睛 [eyeballs] (The second character has the fanqie [積+盈] jīng; it is a phonetic loan character, for originally this character did not exist. Examining it: the jīng is the pearl-like pupil. The Zuanyun says: it is the black essence of the eye. Ancients called it móuzi; the vulgar call it mùtóngzi, and also mùtóngrén. In the treatises, it is called the eye faculty; it takes as its substance the refined material form created from the four great elements).