續一切經音義 1.72

1.72

Falling prostrate (偃仆: the first character has the falling tone, with the fanqie 於蹇 [yǎn]. The Guangya says: "偃 means looking upward." It is formed from 人 (person) with 匽 as the phonetic component. The second character has the fanqie 明北 [pū]; it is also written as 踣, which is the same. The Kaosheng says: "To tumble forward; to fall face downward." The Shuowen says: "To tip over and collapse." It also has the fanqie 芳遇 [fù]).