續一切經音義 2.70

English (machine translation) 2.70

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2.70

袈裟 (The first character is pronounced like 加 [jia]. The second character is pronounced like 沙 [sha]. This is an inaccurate transliteration of the Sanskrit; in full it should be said as *kāṣāya*, translated here as 'dyed robe' or 'drab-colored robe'. Because secular people in the Western Regions all wear white clothes, this distinguishes them. The two characters 袈裟 were not originally the names of garments, so they should not properly be written with the 衣 [clothing] radical.)

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