勅修百丈清規 4.37

4.37

The Account of the Inner Law Sent Home from the South Seas states: 'The term karmadāna (weina) is a hybrid of Chinese and Sanskrit. Wei means to lead and regulate, which is Chinese. Na is Sanskrit; three syllables from karmadāna have been omitted for brevity. Here it means "pleasing the assembly".' Furthermore, the Ten Recitations Vinaya states: 'Because no one in the monastic rooms knew the time to strike the ghaṇṭī; and no one smeared, swept, or sprinkled the lecture halls and dining areas; no one continually arranged the beds; and when the assembly was disorderly, no one suppressed it, the Buddha commanded that a karmadāna be established.' Also, treatises on grammar translate it as "orderly sequence," meaning knowing the orderly sequence of monastic affairs.