一切經音義 50.128

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伽他（梵語此方常頌或云攝言諸聖人所作莫問重頌字之多少四句為頌者皆名伽他案西國數經之法皆以三十二字為一伽他或言伽陁訛也舊言偈者亦伽他之訛也）。

Gāthā (Sanskrit; here translated as regular verse, or called verse summing up words. What is composed by the holy sages, regardless of whether it is a restatement in verse or the number of characters, that which has four lines forming a stanza is called a gāthā. According to the method of reckoning sūtras in the Western countries, thirty-two syllables are counted as one gāthā. Saying gatuo is an error; the old rendering ji is also a corruption of gāthā).