一切經音義 76.57

English (machine translation) 76.57

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76.57

Averting calamity (禳災: the first character has the fanqie *ruo* [ɲ-] + *yang* [-aŋ], [rang]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "A sacrificial rite of dismemberment to eliminate pestilence and misfortune. In antiquity it was instituted by the Suiren Rongzi." The Kaosheng says: "To sacrifice in order to remove disaster; it means to avert." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Derived from 'cultic sign' (示), with *xiang* (襄) phonetic").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese