一切經音義 97.89

97.89

女媧 (The fanqie is [寡 + 華]: wā. Kaosheng says it is the title of an ancient female sovereign. Gu Yewang says Nüwa had the body of a serpent. Shuowen jiezi says: “A divine being and holy woman of antiquity; she transformed the myriad things.” Formed from “woman” (女) with 咼 phonetic. 咼 has the fanqie [口 + 花]: kuā).