一切經音義 61.67

61.67

撚劫貝綫 (for the first character, the fanqie is 年 + 典. "Twisting karpāsa threads" means spinning the fluff from the flowers of the karpāsa plant into woven threads and weaving it into fine white cotton cloth (paṭa). The Fangyan says: "撚 means to join together." The Cang Jie Pian says: "It means twisting threads." Setting them as warp and woof, one weaves them into cotton cloth).