大乘百法明門論開宗義決 1.243

1.243

Regarding "such as in the Vibhāṣā, etc., where sentences (pada) have five kinds, etc.": First is the moderate sentence, formed of eight syllables, neither long nor short. Second is the initial sentence, formed of six or seven syllables. Third is the final sentence, formed of nine syllables up to twenty-six syllables. Fourth is the short sentence, formed of fewer than six syllables. Fifth is the long sentence, formed of more than twenty syllables.