一切經音義 72.98

72.98

Rafts and rapids (槎瀨: the first character [槎] is fanqie 乍沙 [chá]. The Kaosheng says: "A 槎 is driftwood floating in the water." The Gujin zhengzi says it is formed with the wood radical [木] and 差 as phonetic; the scripture text writes it as 楂, which is the same. The second character [瀨] is fanqie 來帶 [lài]. Wang Yi's commentary on the Chuci says: "A 瀨 is a rushing rapid." The Hanshu says: "Wu and Chu call it a 瀨." The Gujin zhengzi says: "A 瀨 is water flowing over sand." It is formed with the water radical [水] and 賴 as phonetic).