一切經音義 41.110

41.110

Interlaced and entwined (交絡: for the upper character jiāo, Shuowen jiezi states: 'Interlaced together; mutual; depicting the form of crossing'; the sūtra text writes it with 糸 as 絞, meaning to strangle, a character in the rising tone, which deviates greatly from the sūtra's meaning. The lower character is pronounced luò; Shuowen jiezi and the Shanhaijing both state that it means to encircle; the character 縊 [in strangulation] has the fanqie yī + qì [yì]).