續一切經音義 4.82

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Swirling vortex (xuanfu 旋澓: the first character is also written 漩, pronounced with the fanqie si + yuan [xuan]. The Kaosheng says: "A whirlpool." The Erya says: "旋 means to turn around and return." The second character has the fanqie [reading] fu + fu [fu]. The Sancang says: "澓 means deep." It refers to places where water swirls and eddies in rivers and seas. It takes 'water' [as semantic component] and fu as phonetic).