一切經音義 59.6

English (machine translation) 59.6

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59.6

說戒 (*gǔ-xiè fan. 戒 is also another meaning of vinaya. The Sanskrit word is saṃvara; this is translated as 'restraint' (禁戒), which also has the meaning of prohibition. The Guangya says: "戒 means to guard against." The Book of Changes says: "By this means one observes fast and restraint." Han Kangbo says: "Cleansing the mind is called fasting; guarding against peril is called restraint." The character structure takes 廾 holding a halberd 戈 to guard against unforeseen events; this is the ideographic meaning of the character. 廾 is also written 拜, same; *jù-lóng fan).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese