俱舍論疏 5.240

5.240

論「云何名等身至迦佉伽等」，釋名等身。「云何名等身」者，問也。梵云迦耶，此云身。「謂想等總說」，已下答也。梵云三木訖底，此云總說，總說釋身義也。即是二三等名總說為身。梵云三摩婆曳，此云合集，總說即是合集。二三等名，名合集義，於合集義中說嗢遮界故。由合集義中置嗢遮字界，後字緣助成總說義，即以總說釋於身也。二名為身，三名已上名為多身也。此中名身乃至文身者謂迦佉伽等皆至三數釋者，一不名身；二單名身；三名已上皆多名身，至於多身不減三也；四、五已上皆是多故，不須至四、五也。前釋文中即以十二音中𧙃、阿、壹、伊釋，今釋身中即以字體迦、佉、伽釋者，欲顯此二皆得是文，故倚互明。

On the Śāstra's statement: "What are the 'collections of names and so forth'? [...] up to 'ka, kha, ga, and so forth'": This explains 'collections of names and so forth'. "What are the collections of names and so forth?" is the question. In Sanskrit it is kāya, which here is translated as 'collection' [or 'body']. "It refers to the general expression of notions, and so forth" onwards is the reply. In Sanskrit it is samukti, which here means 'general expression' (zongsui); 'general expression' explains the meaning of kāya. That is, a general expression of two, three, or more names is called a 'collection' (kāya). In Sanskrit it is samavāya, which here means 'conjunction/aggregation' (heji); 'general expression' is simply 'aggregation'. Two, three, or more names have the meaning of an aggregation, because the root uc is stated with the sense of aggregation. Since the verbal root uc is posited with the meaning of aggregation, subsequent suffixes assist in forming the sense of 'general expression' (samukti); thus 'general expression' is used to explain kāya. Two names make a 'collection' (nāmakāya); three or more names are called 'multiple collections' [or 'great collection of names', bahunāmakāya]. Here, regarding nāmakāya up to vyañjanakāya being explained up to the number three with ka, kha, ga, etc.: one is not called a kāya; two is simply a kāya; three or more are all multiple kāyas, and multiple kāyas do not fall below three; four, five, and above are all plural, so it was unnecessary to go up to four or five. In the earlier explanation of vyañjana (syllables/phonemes), it was explained using a, ā, i, ī among the twelve vowels; now in explaining kāya, it is explained using the consonantal bases ka, kha, ga, because he wishes to show that both can be vyañjana, and so they are clarified alternately.