一切經音義 61.34

61.34

To lift the skirt (擡裙): The first character has the pronunciation of 臺; the second character has the pronunciation of 群. The Kaosheng states that 擡 means to raise. The Guangya states that it means to move. The Picang states that it means to shake up. 'Lifting the skirt' means hitching up one's garments. As for the second character, 裙, the standard form in the Shuowen jiezi is written with the cloth radical (巾) as 帬; today, in the vinaya text, it is written with the clothing radical (衣) as 裙, which is the character in contemporary use. The Shuowen jiezi states that 帬 is a lower garment; the upper is called 衣 and the lower is called 裳, both of which properly take the cloth radical (巾), but today they are both written with the clothing radical (衣) as popular variants.