一切經音義 60.172

60.172

Pair of conch horns (雙蠃; the second character is fanqie 盧 + 禾. The Erya says: "蚹蠃; 蚹 is pronounced 夷, 蠃 is pronounced 俞." Guo Pu says: "Snail." Regarding the pair of conch horns: they are musical instruments. A large sea conch whose pointed apex is ground down to make a hole, which is blown to make a sound to harmonize music, called a Dharma conch. It takes radical 虫 and 蠃 as phonetic. In the Vinaya text it is written as 䗍, which is incorrect. 蠃 is fanqie 魯 + 臥; although ancient, it is the orthodox form).