一切經音義 68.122

68.122

Thatch covering (被苫; the first character is pronounced 披. The second character is 攝 + 詹. The *Kaosheng* states: "苫 is made of woven straw." The *Erya* states: "A white cover is called 苫." Guo [Pu]'s commentary states: "Thatch made of white cogon grass. Nowadays south of the Yangtze it is called a canopy." The *Shuowen jiezi* states: "Composed of 'grass' (艸) and 占 as the phonetic").