經 [py] jīng [wg] ching [ko] 경 kyŏng [ja] キョウ kyō ||| (1) The vertical threads of a textile. (2) Vertical. (3) Way, path, principle, thread. (4) A book; a scripture, a classic. The recorded words of a sage. The Chinese translation of the Sanskrit term sūtra. (5) One of the twelve traditional genre divisions of the Buddhist canon 十二部經.

[Dictionary References] Naka234a Iwa169 [Credit] cmuller(entry) cwittern(py)

A warp, that which runs lengthwise; to pass through or by, past; to manage, regulate; laws, canons, classics. Skt. sūtras; threads, threaded together, classical works. Also called 契經 and 經本. The sūtras in the Tripiṭaka are the sermons attributed to the Buddha; the other two divisions are 律 the Vinaya, and 論 the śāstras, or Abhidharma; cf. 三藏. Every sūtra begins with the words 如是我聞 'Thus did I hear', indicating that it contains the words of Śākyamuni.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous

梵語修多羅，華譯為契經，即上契十方諸佛所說之理，下契一切聽經眾生的根機，又是線義，即貫串佛所說的法和道理，以免散失，為三藏之一。

陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》

經即能詮得名，貫攝為義。謂蘊無窮之性相，注無竭之湧泉，貫玄凝之妙義，攝無邊之海會也。

明，一如《三藏法數》字庫