一切經音義 75.171

75.171

琦璝 [qíguī, rare and precious gems]: the first character is pronounced 渠 + 冝 fanqie. The Picang says: '琦 means precious and fine; it also means exceptional.' The Shuowen states that it takes the jade radical (王) with qí (奇) providing the sound. The second character is pronounced 骨 + 迴 fanqie. The Zishu says: '璝 is a stone inferior to jade.' The Picang says: 'Precious and fine gem.' The Shuowen says: 'Fine, round, precious jade.' It takes the jade radical (玉) with guì (䝿) providing the sound. In the sūtra it is written as 璝, which is a vulgar character; it is also written as 瓌, and also as 瑰.