續一切經音義 6.122

6.122

Cataract and corneal opacity (瞖瞙: the first [character] is *yi*, fanqie 於計. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'An opacity in the eye.' Derived from the eye radical 目 with 殹; it is a phono-semantic compound. In the sūtra text it is written with the feather radical 羽 as 翳, which is not the character for an eye opacity. The second [character] is pronounced *mo*. Character dictionaries say: 'Dimness of the eye.' The Shiming says: 'Opacity (瞙) means a curtain (幕), like a screening curtain.' The Wenzi jilüe writes it with the eye radical 目 as 瞙. In the sūtra text it is written with the flesh radical 月 as 膜, which refers to the fascia between skin and flesh).