学がく僧そう

noun

learned priest; scholar-monk; student priest

Refers to a Buddhist priest who is actively pursuing academic or doctrinal studies, often within a monastic educational context.

• 彼かれは若わかい学がく僧そうとして、経きょう典てんの研けん究きゅうに励はげんでいる。

  As a young scholar-monk, he is devoting himself to the study of scriptures.