一切經音義 7.48

7.48

Severe suffering (劇苦; qi + ni fanqie. The Cangjiepian says: "Ju (劇) means severe illness." The Jixun says: "It is an expression denoting that an illness is critical and heavily worsening." The Fangyan says: "When an illness improves slightly, it is called ju." The Gujin zhengzi says: "It takes the knife radical (刀) with qu (豦) phonetic." The sūtra text writes 劇, which is a vulgar character and not the standard form. Qu is pronounced qu (渠).).