俱舍論疏 14.26

14.26

"The treatise says: […] therefore it is called śīla" is the first, giving the primary names. The Nyāyānusāra says: "Because it is cooling, it is called śīla. Here śīla has the meaning of leveling and correcting (śamana/śīlana); therefore, in treatises on etymology, the explanation is given thus: 'In the sense of leveling and correcting, the precept of śīla is established; because it can level precipitous [bad] karma, it obtains the name śīla.' (The commentary explains: Precipitous karma is bad discipline. Leveling the bad discipline of burning torment, it is therefore called pure.)" It has six names: first, śīla; second, good conduct (sucarita); third, action (karma); fourth, discipline (saṃvara); fifth, individual liberation (prātimokṣa); sixth, course of action (karmapatha).