翻譯名義集 5.143

5.143

【悉曇章】西域悉曇章本，是婆羅賀磨天所作。自古迄今，更無異書。但點畫之間，微有不同。悉曇，此云成就所生。悉曇章是生字之根本，說之為半，餘章文字具足，說名為滿。又十二章，悉名為半，自餘經書記論為滿。類如此方，由三十六字母，而生諸字。澤州云：「梵章中，有十二章，其悉曇章以為第一，於中合五十二字。悉曇兩字，是題章總名，餘是章體，所謂惡阿乃至魯流盧樓。」

[The Siddhaṃ chapter (悉曇章)] The text of the Siddhaṃ chapter in the Western Regions was composed by Brahmā. From antiquity to the present, there has never been any different writing system; there are only slight differences in the strokes and dots. *Siddhaṃ* is translated here as "produced by accomplishment". The Siddhaṃ chapter is the root that produces letters, and is referred to as the "half" [word]. The letters of the other chapters are complete, and are called the "full" [word]. Furthermore, all twelve chapters are called "half", while the other sūtras, treatises, records, and treatises are called "full". This is analogous to how, in this land, all characters are produced from the thirty-six initials. Zezhou says: "Among the Sanskrit chapters, there are twelve chapters; the Siddhaṃ chapter is considered the first, containing a total of fifty-two letters. The two words *siddhaṃ* are the general title of the chapter, and the rest forms the body of the chapter, namely *a*, *ā*, up to *ḷ*, *ḹ*, *ḷ*, *ḹ*."