一切經音義 74.92

74.92

虺蛻 (slough of a viper: the first character is pronounced 暉 + 鬼 fanqie; Guo's commentary to the Erya says, "The viper's body is three inches wide, its head as large as a man's thumb; now it is also called the belly-viper, which is this"; the Shuowen jiezi says it is derived from 虫 and 兀; the second character is pronounced 吐 + 外 fanqie; the Zilin says, "Cicadas and snakes shedding their skins is called 蛻"; 虫 is pronounced 許 + 鬼 fanqie).