續一切經音義 6.68

6.68

Drawing and twirling (抽擲: the first character has the fanqie *ch- / j-*, the Yunpu states: "To pull out"; the Qieyun states: "To draw out; to remove"; it is also written as 紬 with the same sound; the Shuowen says: "Derived from shou 手 with you 由 as phonetic"; the second character has the fanqie *zh- / zh-*, in ancient script written as 擿; the Yupian says: "To cast"; the Qieyun says: "To brandish"; checking the two characters 'drawing and twirling' (chouzhi 抽擲), they refer to the Great Bliss Vajrasattva placing his left fist beside the hip and wielding the vajra pestle with his right hand, twirling and brandishing it to perform the esoteric mudrā method).