一切經音義 48.464

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Ardha-vetāla (尸半: this is a method of incantation found in the Western Regions. It refers to enchanting a dead corpse to make it rise and kill people. An 'ardha-vetāla' (half-corpse) is one enchanted to sit up, causing a vetāla corpse-demon to kill people; hence it is called a half-corpse).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese