七僧

A monastery is supposed to possess the following seven monks: [lang id =1028]咒願師 invoker; [lang id =1028]導師 leader; [lang id =1028]唄師 intoner, or leader of the chanting; [lang id =1028]散花師 flower-scatterer; [lang id =1028]梵音師 master of sacred words, or Sanskrit; [lang id =1028]錫杖師 shaker of the rings on the metal staff, or crozier; [lang id =1028]堂達 distributor of missals, etc. Another division is [lang id =1028]講師 expounder; [lang id =1028]讀師 reader; [lang id =1028]咒願師; [lang id =1028]三禮師 director of the three ceremonies; [lang id =1028]唄師; [lang id =1028]散花師; and [lang id =1028]堂達.