僧そう堂どう

noun

temple meditation hall; monks' hall

Specifically refers to a hall in a Zen Buddhist temple where monks meditate, eat, and sleep. The term can also extend to certain other temple structures.

• 僧そう堂どうで座ざ禅ぜんを組くむ。

  I sit in meditation in the monks' hall.

• この寺てらの僧そう堂どうは江え戸ど時じ代だいに建たてられた。

  The monks' hall of this temple was built in the Edo period.