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一切經音義 75.65

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75.65

持鎌 ("holding a sickle": the second character is fanqie 斂占 [lián]. The Fangyan says: 'West of the Pass it is called a 鎌; an implement for reaping.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Derived from 金 with 兼 as phonetic.' The sūtra text writes it as 鐮, which is a vulgar character).

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