法師  (1) A teacher of the dharma; a monk or nun who acts as a guide to sentient beings (Skt. dharma-kathika; Tib. chos smra ba). (2) In the Shidijing 十地經, a teacher who specializes in the instruction of the ten bodhisattva stages. In the Lotus Sutra 法華經, five types of dharma-teachers are introduced. (3) A person who knows the Buddhist teachings well. (4) A monk or nun.

A Buddhist teacher, master of the Law; five kinds are given— a custodian (of the sūtras), reader, intoner, expounder, and copier.

A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous

 精通三藏佛法，以法自師，復以法師人的出家人。

陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》

梵語 dharma-bhānaka，巴利語 dhamma-kathika。指通曉佛法又能引導眾生修行之人。又作說法師、大法師。廣義之法師，通指佛陀及其弟子；狹義則專指一般通曉經或律之行者，稱為經師或律師。據北本大般涅槃經卷十八載，佛菩薩及其大弟子等，皆知深妙之法，又知眾生根機之利鈍而為之演說，故稱大法師。
關於法師之資格，據瑜伽師地論卷八十一、十住毘婆沙論卷七、澄觀之華嚴經疏卷四十三等所載，必須具備下列條件：(一)法師十德，即：善知法義、能廣宣說、處眾無畏、無斷辯才、巧方便說、法隨法行、威儀具足、勇猛精進、身心無倦、成就忍力等十德。具足此十法，則能成就眾相圓滿。(二)行四法，即：(1)廣博多學，能持一切言詞章句。(2)善知世間、出世間諸法生滅之相。(3)得禪定智慧，於諸種經法中，能隨順而無諍。(4)不增不減如法而行，言行一致。
就法師之類別而論，據法華經卷四法師品、卷六法師功德品載，依法師之專長及其弘法之差異可分為受持、讀經、誦經、解說、書寫等五種，稱為五種法師。然後世則演成書寫、供養、施他、聽、披讀、受持、正開演、說、誦、思修等十種法師。
此外，我國稱道安、慧遠等學問德行高深者為法師，然對鳩摩羅什、玄奘等對翻譯經藏有卓然貢獻之大譯經師，則多稱三藏法師，以別於禪師、律師等稱呼。〔雜阿含經卷一、卷十二、梵網經卷下、五分律卷三、十地經論卷十一、順正理論卷四十四、法華文句卷八上、釋氏要覽卷上〕（參閱「五種法師」1181） 

佛光電子大辭典

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誦法者。

漢譯阿含經辭典，莊春江編(1.4版)

dharma-bhāṇaka; ācārya, guru, dharma-kathika*, dharma-dhara, dharma-bhāṇakatva, dhārmakathika, dhārmika

佛教漢梵大辭典

P1966

 

法師 (fǎ shī) 　( “a Dharma-master, a Dharma-preacher” )

{《漢語大詞典》5.1042a(正法華經)} ; {《大漢和辞典》6.1048c(法華經)} ;

Dharmarakṣa: {66a15}

{K.19.9} dharmabhāṇaka~

Kumārajīva: {L.4a7} 法師

Dharmarakṣa: {66b21}

{K.22.11} do.

Kumārajīva: {not found at L.4b15}

Dharmarakṣa: {67a16}

{K.25.4} do.

Kumārajīva: {not found at L.4c29}

Dharmarakṣa: {67a24}

{K.25.10} do.

Kumārajīva: {L.5a7} 法師

Dharmarakṣa: {101a9} 衣服諸覆蓋 常供給法師(v)

{K.228.15} dharma-bhāṇaka~

Kumārajīva: {L.31a24} 説法者

Dharmarakṣa: {101a26} 稱詠法師 發心悦豫 其人獲福 不可限量(v)

{K.229.13-}

Kumārajīva: {L.31b9} 持經者

Dharmarakṣa: {101b9} 密從法師受斯典者，則爲如來威力所護(p)

{K.230.8-}

Kumārajīva: {not found at L.31b18}

Dharmarakṣa: {106b23} 汝……當爲菩薩，常爲法師(p)

{K.268.12} dharma-bhāṇaka~

Kumārajīva: {L.36a19} 大法師

Dharmarakṣa: {108b19}

{K.282.12} do.

Kumārajīva: {L.38a2} 法師

Dharmarakṣa: {117c14}

{K.343.9} do.

Kumārajīva: {L.46b4} do.

Dharmarakṣa: {119a17}

{K.374.9} do.

Kumārajīva: {L.47c2} do.

Dharmarakṣa: {119c16}

{K.358.12} do.

Kumārajīva: {L.48a23} 説法者

Dharmarakṣa: {127a8}

{K.421.5} sūtrānta-dhāraka~ bhikṣu~

Kumārajīva: {L.54c27} 受持是經者

Dharmarakṣa: {130a11}

{K.396.3-}

{O} ***(idaṃsūtrānta-dhārakā)nāṃ [cf. Krsh.236]

Kumārajīva: {L.58b18} 説法者

Dharmarakṣa: {130a23}

{K.397.4} dharma-bhāṇaka~... sūtrānta-dhāraka~

Kumārajīva: {L.58c5} 法師

Dharmarakṣa: {130c10}

{K.402.7} dharma-bhāṇaka~

Kumārajīva: {L.59b12} 説法者

etc. etc. 

A Digital Edition of A Glossary of Dharmarakṣa translation of the Lotus Sutra by Seishi Karashima, 1998

【梵】dhārmikaḥ
【梵】धार्मिकः【中】法師
【藏】chos dang ldan pa

Mahāvyutpatti - DDBC version