大比丘三千威儀 2.102

2.102

薩和多部者，博通敏智導利法化，應著絳袈裟。曇無德部者，奉執重戒斷當法律，應著皂袈裟。迦葉維部者，精勤勇決拯護眾生，應著木蘭袈裟。彌沙塞部，禪思入微究暢玄幽，應著青袈裟。摩訶僧部者，勤學眾經敷演義理，應著黃袈裟。

The Sarvāstivāda school possesses wide learning, sharp wisdom, and guides and benefits others in Dharma transformation; they should wear deep-red kāṣāyas. The Dharmaguptaka school observes and upholds the heavy precepts and judges according to the Vinaya rules; they should wear black kāṣāyas. The Kāśyapīya school is energetic, courageous, and resolute in rescuing and protecting sentient beings; they should wear magnolia-bark-colored kāṣāyas. The Mahīśāsaka school enters into subtlety through meditation and investigates the profound and obscure; they should wear blue kāṣāyas. The Mahāsāṃghika school diligently studies the various sūtras and expounds the meanings and doctrines; they should wear yellow kāṣāyas.