一切經音義 8.184

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8.184

胞初生 (the fanqie 庖 + 皃 [pāo]; the budding placenta of a tree flower. When the pāriyātra tree in the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven is about to bloom, it first produces buds. The Shuowen: "The fetal membrane when a woman is pregnant." Dictionaries give the standard form as 包; some write it as 皰, pronounced with the fanqie 蒲 + 皃 [pào], which is also acceptable in meaning).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese