翻譯名義集 4.118

4.118

[Dakṣiṇā] In the treatise of the Venerable Vasumitra it is written as dānadakṣiṇā (檀嚫); here it is translated as "material giving" (財施). It is explained as the Dharma of reciprocating giving, which is named dakṣiṇā; guiding toward the field of merit is also called dakṣiṇā. The character is sometimes written with the hand radical (攩). The Record of the Western Regions states: "The correct term is dakṣiṇā, which means right. It is also called dākṣiṇī. Because one receives what is given by others using the right hand in order to generate merit for them." Sengzhao said: "Meeting people by means of a specific method cannot be completed in a single breath; aiding beings with material gifts cannot be exhaustive at a single time. Therefore, one who penetrates comprehensively without boundaries weaves everything together without omission; one whose rain of the Dharma covers beings invisibly spreads everywhere without changing."