佛制比丘六物圖 1.96

1.96

Second, explaining the names. In Sanskrit, saṅkakṣikā; here it is translated as "upper-narrow lower-wide robe." (This translation is based on the Vinaya text, but it completely diverges from the form of the robe. If one follows Master Yinying's Yinyi, it is translated as "armpit-covering robe," which captures the reality quite well.) "Shoulder-covering" is Chinese; the Sanskrit term has not yet been clarified.