一切經音義 86.153

86.153

Body of a python 蟒身 (pronounced with the fanqie 莫 + 牓; the Erya says: "A mang is the king of serpents." Guo [Pu's] commentary says: "The largest of serpents." The Gujin zhengzi states that it takes the insect radical 虫 and the phonetic 莾. In the Treatise it is written with 奔 as 𧎔, which is a vulgar character; 虫 is pronounced 毀, and 莾 has the same pronunciation as given above. In Nanchang it was said that hounds are good at chasing hares in the grass, hence the character mang 莾 contains dog 犬).