一切經音義 53.106

53.106

Scooping up with hands (掬取: the first character is gōng + liù fanqie. The Kaosheng says: "Turning the hands over to scoop up." The Shuowen says: "What is in the hands is called 匊; it takes 勹—勹 is pronounced bāo—and 米, an ideographic character." The correct standard form is simply 匊; in the current sūtra text written with the radical 手 as 掬, which is a vulgar character, though interchangeable).