續一切經音義 1.87

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Camels (𩧐駝: the first character is also written as 馲, with the fanqie 湯落 [tuò], and also the fanqie 郎各 [luò]. The second is also written as 駞, with the fanqie 唐何 [tuó]. The Kaosheng says: "A beast of the barbarian lands." The Shanhai jing says: "It has flesh saddles on its back, the strength to bear a thousand jin, travels three hundred li a day, and can detect where water springs are." In the Shuowen, both characters are phono-semantic. In the sūtra text the first is written as 駱, with the pronunciation 洛 [luò]; the Erya says that a white horse with a black mane is called 駱, which is not the character for camel (馲駝)).