一切經音義 72.92

English (machine translation) 72.92

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72.92

Coiled up (蟠結: the first character [蟠] is fanqie 扶瞞 [pán]. Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "蟠 is like coiling and knotting." Gu Yewang says: "蟠 means winding and twisting around." The Guangya says: "蟠 means following a curve." The Fangyan says: "A dragon that has not yet ascended to heaven is called a coiled dragon (panlong)." The Shuowen says it is formed with the insect radical [虫], and 番 has the pronunciation 幡 [fān]).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese