一切經音義 60.18

60.18

Jībàn 羈絆 (bridled and fettered; the first character is pronounced jī. The Shuowen says: 'A horse's halter.' Bàn means binding three legs; it has the sense of restraining and tying up. It derives from 𠕀, gé 革, and mǎ 馬, an associative compound).