續一切經音義 6.110

6.110

Spire-pole of the rings (輪樘: the lower character has the fanqie *zé* + *gēng* [zhēng]; character glossaries say, "A *chēng* is a pillar." It is also written as 樘. The *Shuowen* also says, "A pillar"; it is categorized under "wood" with *táng* phonetic. Note: The *lúnchēng* is the central pillar and rod on a stūpa that supports the dew-basins. The *Dvādaśāṅgapratītyasamutpāda-sūtra* says that eight kinds of persons may have stūpas erected for them; from the Tathāgata down to wheel-turning kings, those with eight dew-basins and above are all Buddha stūpas; for those below a wheel-turning king, a single dew-basin is installed, and seeing it, one must not prostrate, because it is not the stūpa of a sage).