續一切經音義 1.78

1.78

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)).