一切經音義 6.76

6.76

Investigation and discernment (尋伺: the first is pronounced with the fanqie 祥淫 [xún]. The Kaosheng says: "Xun means to deliberate; to pursue." The Shuowen says: "To unravel; to order; deriving from 又 [yòu, meaning hand], ⺕, 工, and 寸; 寸 means to divide and regulate; the span of a person's two outstretched arms is called a xun." In ancient script it is written as 𡬰, an associative compound. The second is pronounced with the fanqie 司恣 [sì]. The Kaosheng says: "To inspect." The Shuowen says: "To watch; deriving from 'person' [人] with 司 as phonetic." In the sūtra it is written as 思, borrowing the pronunciation).