一切經音義 67.62

67.62

Domain of desires (欲廛: the second character has the fanqie 徹 + 連. Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary on the Zhouli says: “廛 refers to residences in cities and towns.” Zheng also notes: “Market 廛 are lodges and shops for goods; it denotes the place where myriad desires gather, just as people live in market residences.” Also written as 纏. The Kaosheng says: “纏 means to twine around; to bind; it means being entangled and bound by various desires.” The Shuowen says: “廛 is an area of one and a half mu, the dwelling of a single household; classified under the radical 广 with 墨 phonetic.” In the treatise text it is written as 厘, which is incorrect).