一切經音義 67.52

67.52

Vast ocean (巨溟: the second character has the fanqie 茗 + 經. The Zhuangzi says: “溟 is the Celestial Pond.” Sima Biao's commentary says: “溟 refers to the North and South Poles; being far removed from the sun and moon, it is thus named 溟.” Character dictionaries say: “溟 means the ocean.” The Shuowen states it is classified under the radical 'water' (水) with 冥 phonetic. 冥 has the same sound as above).