三さん綱ごう

noun

three monastic managers

Buddhist term for the three chief administrative positions at a temple: typically the rector (上座), the prior (寺主), and the disciplinarian (都維那).

• 三さん綱ごうは寺じ院いんの運うん営えいを担になう重じゅう要ような役やく職しょくです。

  The three monastic managers are important positions responsible for temple administration.