一切經音義 3.126

3.126

剎帝利 (Kṣatriya: The upper character, 𠛴, is traditionally pronounced 察 [chá]; in rhyme books there originally was no such character as 𠛴, but rather this was a phonetic corruption and an orthographic error. When the ancients translated the scriptures, they used [利-禾+(暴-(日/共)+夾)]; [利-禾+(暴-(日/共)+夾)] has the fanqie 初擳 [chà], which was used to phonetically transcribe the Sanskrit sound. Later translators took [利-禾+(暴-(日/共)+夾)] to be 察, and because [利-禾+(暴-(日/共)+夾)] and 察 are visually similar, they changed its graphic form, resulting in this error. In Chinese there is no single matching equivalent for this Sanskrit phrase; translated by its meaning, it means 'the royal lineage of successive generations'. Those among them whose merit, virtue, and wisdom surpassed the masses were jointly established as kings, and they took this as their lineage name).