[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [續一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129) › 1.38 # 續一切經音義 1.38 續一切經音義 1.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.38) 黿鼉（上音元說文云大鼈也大者如車輪小者如盤有神力能制水族魅人而食之下唐多反山海經云江水多鼉郭注云似蜥蜴有鱗大者長丈許小者四五尺說文云水介蟲也從黽𠹈省聲也黽音猛𠹈音那經文二字下並從龜作\[元/龜\]鼉俗字非也）。 > Giant softshell turtle and alligator (黿鼉: the upper character is pronounced yuán. The Shuowen says: "A large softshell turtle; the large ones are like cartwheels, the small ones like basins. It possesses spiritual power, can command aquatic creatures, bewitches people, and eats them." The lower character has the fanqie 唐多. The Shanhai jing says: "The Changjiang river has many alligators." Guo \[Pu\]'s commentary says: "It resembles a lizard, with scales; the large ones are over a zhang long, the small ones four or five feet." The Shuowen says: "A shelled aquatic creature. Formed with \[the semantic element\] mǐn (黽) and \[the phonetic element\] dān (𠹈) abbreviated. Mǐn is pronounced měng; 𠹈 is pronounced nà." In the sūtra text both characters are written below with 'turtle' (龜) as \[元/龜\] and 鼉, which are vulgar characters and incorrect). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.37) - [Next: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.39) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129~en-mt.1.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.41.67) — 慧琳, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.38) · Pramāṇa