續一切經音義 9.92

9.92

霶霈 (Torrential rain: for the first character, fanqie 普郎 [pāng]; for the second character, fanqie 普葢 [pèi]. The Qieyun says: '霶霈 means heavy rain.' The character book says: 'The appearance of copious rain.' Both characters are formed from 雨 [rain] with 滂 and 沛 as phonetic elements. The vinaya text writes 滂沛, which describes the flow of water, not heavy rain.)