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Kaṣāya: this name is manifested from its color. The full Sanskrit sound is kāṣāya; here this means an impure color. / The Dharmaguptaka Vinaya states: "Robes of any pure color must not be kept; they should be spoiled into a kaṣāya color." The Sanskrit word is now abbreviated; it is also called a spoiled color. / The Commentary on the Vinaya Deeds states: "Originally it was written as jiasha (迦沙). In the Liang dynasty, when Ge Hong compiled the Ziyuan, he added the robe radical below, signifying a robe of the Way."