四分律行事鈔資持記 1.220

1.220

梵號中。若諸律論，並作犍槌，或作犍稚，如字而呼，乃是梵言訛轉，唯獨《聲論》正其音耳。今須音槌為地。又《羯磨疏》中直云揵地；未見稚字呼為地也；後世無知，因茲一誤，至於鈔文前後，以及一宗祖教，凡犍槌字並改為稚，直呼為地；請尋古本寫鈔，及大藏經律考之，方知其謬。但以稚椎相濫，容致妄改；今須依律論並作犍槌；至呼召時，自從《聲論》。（或作椎亦爾。世有不識梵語，云是打鐘之槌及砧槌等，此又不足議也。）若準《尼鈔》云：西傳云：時至應臂吒犍槌；臂吒此云打，犍槌此云所打之木，或用檀桐木等；彼無鐘磬，故多打木集人。此則與今全乖，不可和會；且依鈔疏鐘磬翻之，謂金石二物也。（應法師《經音義》大同《尼鈔》。然《祇桓圖》中多明鐘磬，而云彼無者，或恐少耳。）《音義》又云：舊經云揵遲，亦梵言訛轉；宜作稚，直致反。（明知稚字不呼為地，此迷久矣，故為辨之。）

Regarding the Sanskrit name: in the various vinayas and treatises, it is written either as *jiāntuí* (犍槌) or *jiānzhì* (犍稚), pronounced according to the characters, which is a corrupt transmission of the Sanskrit term; only the *Vyākaraṇa* (*Śabda-śāstra*) corrects its sound. Now, one must pronounce *chuí* (槌) as *dì* (地). Furthermore, in the *Karma Commentary*, it is simply written *jiàndì* (揵地); I have never seen the character *zhì* (稚) pronounced as *dì* (地). Later generations were ignorant, and due to this single error, throughout the Manual and the ancestral teachings of our whole tradition, wherever the characters *jiāntuí* (犍槌) appeared, they changed them all to *zhì* (稚) and simply pronounced them *dì* (地). Please examine ancient handwritten copies of the Manual and the canons and vinayas of the Tripiṭaka, and then you will know its error. However, because *zhì* (稚) and *chuí* (椎) were easily confused with each other, this readily led to erroneous alterations. Now one must follow the vinayas and treatises and write *jiāntuí* (犍槌) uniformly; when calling it out, one naturally follows the *Vyākaraṇa*. (Writing *chuí* [椎] is also like this. In the world there are those who do not understand Sanskrit, claiming it is the mallet for striking a bell or an anvil mallet, etc.; this is not even worth discussing.) If we go by the *Bhikṣuṇī Manual*, it says: "Western traditions state: 'When the time comes, one should *piṭa* the *gaṇḍī*'; *piṭa* here means to strike, and *gaṇḍī* here means the wood that is struck, either using sandalwood or paulownia wood, etc.; there they have no bells or chimes, so they mostly strike wood to assemble people." This completely contradicts the present [Manual] and cannot be harmonized; for now, rely on the Manual and Commentary, translating it as bells and chimes, which refers to objects of metal and stone. (Dharmācārya Huilin's *Pronunciation and Meaning of the Sūtras* is largely identical with the *Bhikṣuṇī Manual*. However, the *Jetavana Diagram* frequently describes bells and chimes, so saying that they do not have them there perhaps merely means they were scarce.) The *Pronunciation and Meaning* also states: "The old sūtras say *jiàndí* (揵遲), which is also a corrupt transmission of the Sanskrit; it should be written *zhì* (稚), with the fanqie *zhí-zhì* (直致)." (This clearly proves that the character *zhì* [稚] is not pronounced *dì* [地]; this delusion has persisted for a long time, so I have distinguished it here.)