續一切經音義 6.123

6.123

Eye veins (眼脈: the first [character] is *yan*, fanqie 五限. The Shiming says: 'The eye (眼) means a boundary (限), meaning there is a boundary to seeing things.' Derived from the eye radical 目 with 限 as phonetic. The second [character] is *mai*, fanqie 莫獲. The Qieyun says: 'Blood vessels.' The Shiming says: 'Vessel (脈) means curtain (幕), meaning enveloping the whole body.' The Shuowen jiezi says it is derived from the flesh radical 肉 with the phonetic 派 abbreviated. In the sūtra text it is written as 脉, which is a vulgar variant).