一切經音義 78.83

78.83

The Buddha's beard (佛頿) ([頿 is pronounced] 紫 + 斯 [zǐ-sī > zī]; the Yunying says: "mustache and beard"; it is also written as 髭; the Shuowen jiezi writes it as 頿, meaning facial hair, the hairs around the Tathāgata's mouth; the sūtra text writes it as 𣯃, which does not form a character).