翻譯名義集 4.86

4.86

[Siddhānta] Master Nanyue, taking siddhānta by analogy with Mahāparinirvāṇa, regarded it as a combined Chinese and Sanskrit expression. Xi (悉) is Chinese, and dān (檀) is Sanskrit. Xi means universal, and dān translates as giving (dāna). The Buddha universally bestows four dharmas upon sentient beings; hence it is called siddhānta. The Miaoxuan says: "The worldly siddhānta has the benefit of joy; the individual siddhānta has the benefit of generating goodness; the counteractive siddhānta has the benefit of destroying evil; the ultimate truth siddhānta has the benefit of entering principle." The Miaole says: "Thus the previous two teachings, as well as the stages prior to the bhūmis in the Separate Teaching, belong only to the three siddhāntas; being guided into the present sūtra, it is the ultimate truth siddhānta."