一切經音義 43.106

43.106

Betrothed to Pāñcika (娉: upper syllable *pʰ-*, *pʰik* + *beng* fanqie; Gu Yewang says: 'To take a wife, treat men of virtue with respect, present tokens of betrothal and bundles of silk to enquire after someone is called *ping*. The Rites of Zhou states: "Using the grain-patterned jade tablet to betroth a woman," which is this.' The Shuowen says: 'Takes the woman radical and *chou* phonetic.' Written in the sūtra as 娉, which is also acceptable; also written as 聘. 甹 is pronounced *pʰ-*, *pʰik* + *teng* fanqie. 半支迦: Sanskrit [Pāñcika]).