續一切經音義 7.165

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香緌 (The upper character is pronounced with the fanqie xu + liang. The Shuowen says: "Fragrant and sweet-smelling." Correctly classified under 'millet' [黍]; written as 𪏽 or 薌, meaning the smell of grain. The sūtra text writes it with 'grass' [草] as 萫, which is not the standard character. The lower character is pronounced with the fanqie ru + jia. The Yupian says: "A cap streamer." The Erya says: "褘 means a pendant tassel [緌]." Guo's commentary says: "Fragrant streamers crisscrossing and fastening belts around the body are therefore named 褘緌." Classified under 'silk' [糸], with 委 as phonetic. The sūtra text writes it as 蕤, which refers to polygonatum [葳蕤], a medicinal plant, or the fifth lunar month pitchpipe [蕤賓]. According to the sūtra, ornate silk pendants and fragrant tassels adorn the body of Great Compassionate Avalokiteśvara; writing 萫蕤 greatly contradicts the intent of the sūtra).