維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.108

4.108

十二、示在剎利。「翻為田主」者，肇云「剎利，王種也。秦言田主。劫初人食地味，轉食自然粳米，後情漸偽各有封植，遂立有德處平分田。此王者之始也，故為名焉。」

Twelfth, manifesting among kṣatriyas. 'Translated as "landlords"': Sengzhao states: 'Kṣatriya is the royal caste. In the language of Qin, it is "landlord." At the beginning of the kalpa, humans ate the taste of the earth; then they shifted to eating naturally growing non-glutinous rice. Later, deceit gradually arose in their feelings and each claimed territory, whereon they established a virtuous person to divide the fields equitably. This was the beginning of kings, and hence they were named after it.'