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梵語達嚫拏。此云財施。今略達拏。但云嚫○五分律云。食後施衣物名達嚫○轉輪五道經云。轉經不得倩人乃至齋食。以達嚫為常法得福。

The Sanskrit term is dakṣiṇā; this means 'material giving'. Nowadays da and ṇa are omitted, and it is simply called chen (嚫). The Mahīśāsaka-vinaya says: "Clothing and goods given after a meal are called dakṣiṇā." The Zhuanlun wudao jing says: "When chanting scriptures, one must not hire others; as for vegetarian meals, taking dakṣiṇā as the constant rule produces merit."