一切經音義 56.64

56.64

Portents and monstrosities (𰴁蠥: wǔ + jié fanqie; the Shuowen jiezi states: "Strange occurrences in clothing, folk songs, or plants are called 𰴁; strange monstrosities among birds, beasts, insects, or locusts are called 蠥"; the scripture text writes it as 孽, which means the son of a concubine; it is also written as 孽, which is a modern variant character).