釋氏要覽 1.455

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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."

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釋氏要覽 — Classical Chinese