一切經音義 2.75

2.75

[Sanskrit syllable] ca (者: in the Sanskrit language of India, there is a difference between the central and peripheral regions. The sound in Central India is 左 [*tsâ*], light and refined, which is standard; the sound in Northern India is 者 [*tɕia*], coarse and unrefined, which is non-standard. Now taking Central India, one should write the character 左, whose sound is *tsək* + *k'â* = *tsâ* [ze-ke]).