釋氏要覽 2.230

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梵音素怛囕。或蘇怛囉者。華言線。蓋取貫穿攝持義也○又梵云。修多羅。或云修妬路者。秦言契。謂上契理下契根故。今言經者。具三義謂久通由也。肇云。經。常也。謝靈運云。經由也津也。通也。謂言由理生。理。由言顯。學者神悟。從理教而通矣。

In Sanskrit, sūtram or sūtra; in Chinese, 'thread', taking the sense of stringing together and maintaining. Furthermore, in Sanskrit it is called sūtra or sūtru; under the Qin it was rendered as 'tallying' (qi), meaning that above it tallies with principle and below it tallies with capacities. Now when we say jing (classic/warp), it possesses three senses: permanence, penetration, and origin. Sengzhao said: 'Jing means constant.' Xie Lingyun said: 'Jing means to pass through, to be a ferry, and to penetrate.' This means words arise from principle, and principle is revealed through words; when a learner's spirit awakens, they penetrate through the teaching of principle.