續一切經音義 9.50

9.50

妙翅 (The lower character is 施 + 智 with fanqie. The Shuowen says: 'Bird wings.' It is also written as 翄, the same. Note: 妙翅 is the garuḍa (golden-winged bird). In Sanskrit, formerly rendered as 迦婁羅, correctly as Garuḍa. Here it is translated as "Golden Wings" and also as "Wondrous Wings". These birds possess the four modes of birth—womb-born, egg-born, etc.—and can devour the nāgas of the four modes of birth, as explained previously).