續一切經音義 7.102

7.102

霹靂 [Thunderclap]: The upper [character] has the fanqie 疋覓 (pǐ + mì = pì); the lower has 靈的 (líng + dí = lì). The Wenzidian says, “霹靂 is great thunder striking things.” The Lunheng says, “Heaven and earth act as the furnace, yin and yang as the energy, and this is the sound of their colliding.” The Shuowen says, “It derives from 雨 with the phonetics 辟 and 歷.” Sūtra editions have forms with 石 as 礔 and 礰, which are colloquial usages and not the original characters.