一切經音義 53.71

53.71

逋沙陀（上報毛反梵語也經云齋唐云長淨即集眾陣說所犯之罪增長白法清淨之業名為長淨也）。

Uposatha (逋沙陀: the first character is bào + máo fanqie. A Sanskrit word. Sūtras translate it as "abstinence" (齋), while in the Tang language it is called "prolonging purification" (長淨), which means gathering the assembly to confess committed offences, thereby increasing white dharmas and pure karma, hence called "prolonging purification").