A wooden gong used to summon monks.

An elongated, shoulder-held wooden bar (or beam) struck with a wooden striker to call the saṅgha community to assembly.

A percussion instrument made from a wooden beam cut from specific trees to particular proportions, it has been widely used in Buddhist monasteries as an instrument for summoning monks to assembly.

A percussion instrument made from a wooden beam drawn from specific trees to particular proportions. It has been widely used in Buddhist monasteries to signal timed events like the assembling of monastics.

An elongated, shoulder-held wooden bar (or beam) struck with a wooden stick to call the monastic community to assembly.

In The Chapter on the Restoration Rite, UT22084-001-002-402, the Buddha states that the gaṇḍī beam may be used in five ways: to summon the saṅgha, for formal acts, for the dead, for meditation, and for danger. See also The Gaṇḍī Sūtra (Toh 298), where the Buddha describes the gaṇḍī beam’s use and characteristics.

In The Chapter on the Restoration Rite, the Buddha states that the gaṇḍī beam may be used in five ways: to summon the saṅgha, for formal acts, for the dead, for meditation, and for danger. See also The Gaṇḍī Sūtra (Toh 298), where the Buddha describes the gaṇḍī beam’s use and characteristics.

A wooden beam, sounded like a gong as a summons or marker of time and occasion. In The Chapter on the Restoration Rite, the Buddha states that the gaṇḍī beam may be used in five ways: to summon the saṅgha, for formal acts, for the dead, for meditation, and for danger. See also The Gaṇḍī Sūtra (Toh 298), where the Buddha describes the gaṇḍī beam’s use and characteristics.

An elongated, shoulder-held wooden bar (or beam) struck with a wooden striker to call the saṅgha community to assembly.

A gong, or a wooden block or beam, sounded to call the community together for a teaching or other assembly.