[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) › 1.78 # 續一切經音義 1.78 續一切經音義 1.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.78) 蜴蜥（上音亦下西歷反爾雅云蜥蜴蝘蜓即守宮也說文云在壁曰蝘蜒在草曰蜥蜴方言云秦晉謂之守宮南楚謂之虵醫或謂之蠑螈說文云蜴字或作易蜥字從虫析聲經文從斤作蚚乃音祈非蜴蜥字）。 > Lizards (蜴蜥: the first character has the pronunciation 亦 \[yì\]. The second character has the fanqie 西歷 \[xī\]. The Erya says: "The 蜥蜴 is the gecko (蝘蜓), that is, the house gecko (守宮)." The Shuowen says: "On walls it is called 蝘蜒; in the grass it is called 蜥蜴." The Fangyan says: "In Qin and Jin it is called house gecko (守宮); in Southern Chu it is called snake doctor (虵醫), or salamander (蠑螈)." The Shuowen says: "The character 蜴 is sometimes written as 易. The character 蜥 is formed from 虫 with 析 as the phonetic component." In the sūtra text it is written with 斤 as 蚚, which has the pronunciation 祈 \[qí\] and is not the character for lizard (蜴蜥)). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.77) - [Next: 1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.79) - [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.1.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2129.1.78) · Pramāṇa