續一切經音義 3.66

3.66

Perished and destroyed (殞滅: the first character has the fanqie 為敏 [wei + min / yǔn]. The Shenglei says: "'殞' means perished." The Erya says: "To fall." It is also written as 隕; the Zuo zhuan says: "Stars fell like rain," which is this. The second character has the fanqie 亾烈 [wang + lie / miè]. The Shuowen writes it as 威, explaining: "Fire receives its qi in the tenth month, the hai branch, and reaches the ninth month, the xu branch, when it dies; hence it is formed from 火 [fire] and 戌." Cai Yong added water to write it as 滅.)