Buddhist facilities

Question

I am working on Japanese texts describing Buddhist temples in South-East Asia and there is quite a number of words I can't really translate in English. Here is a list with my tentative translations (I wrote a ~ next to the words whose meaning I am really unsure of):

• 結界石{けっかいせき} (~): rules tablet/barrier stones
• 布薩堂{ふさつどう}　(~): confession hall
• 講堂{こうどう}: auditorium
• サーラー さぁらぁ(~): open pavillion
• 僧坊{そうぼう}: monk cell
• 鼓楼{ころう}: drum tower
• 三蔵庫{さんぞうく}: library
• 仏教{さんぞう}教育{きょういく}学校{がっこう}: buddhist school
• 普通{ふつう}教育{きょういく}学校{がっこう}: regular school
• 火葬場{かそうば}: funeral hall
• 仏塔{ぶっとう}式納{しきのう}骨塔{こつとう}: bone keep in pagoda
• 壁式{かべしき}納骨所{のうこつば}: bone keep in wall
• 瞑想場{めいそうば}: meditation hall
• 洞窟{どうくつない}内仏{ぶつ}像祭壇{ぞうさいだん}: altar in cave
• 精霊祠{しょうりょうし}: guardian spirit house
• 碑文{ひぶん}: epitaph/scriptures

Does this look fine?

Answer 1

• 結界石{けっかいせき}: rules tablet/barrier stones
• 布薩堂{ふさつどう}: confession hall (or: Uposatha hall 1)
• 講堂{こうどう}: auditorium (or: lecture hall)
• サーラー さぁらぁ: open pavilion (or: open pavilion for resting)
• 僧坊{そうぼう}: monk cell (or possibly: monks' temple quarters, but "cell" seems to be more of a set phrase)
• 鼓楼{ころう}: drum tower (or almost: bell tower. Depending on the audience, perhaps, "bell tower" might help readers better understand that a "drum" here, is used like a "bell". 2)
• 三蔵庫{さんぞうく}: library (or: library for the three branches of Buddhist sutras)
• 仏教教育学校{さんぞうきょういくがっこう}: Buddhist school
• 普通教育学校{ふつうきょういくがっこう}: regular school (or: common school / almost: secular school)
• 火葬場{かそうば}: funeral hall (or crematorium. However, here, using funeral hall helps to include the idea that funerals are often held at crematoriums, at least in Thailand. 3)
• 仏塔式納骨塔{ぶっとうしきのうこつとう}: bone keep in pagoda (or: pagoda columbarium 4)
• 壁式納骨所{かべしきのうこつば}: bone keep in wall (or: columbarium wall)
• 瞑想場{めいそうば}: meditation hall (Note: I've seen this written as めいそうじょう as well; perhaps because it's a place where people can practice meditation?)
• 洞窟内仏像祭壇{どうくつないぶつぞうさいだん}: altar in cave (or: Buddhist cave shrine)
• 精霊祠{しょうりょうし}: guardian spirit house (or just: spirit house/shrine because the spirits are not always guardians. 5, 6)
• 碑文{ひぶん}: epitaph/scriptures (seems more like epitaph, here, unless a sutra is found on an epitaph, perhaps.)

Hope this helps!

References:

1. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanavara/uposatha.html (found in Glossary under Uposatha part 3)
2. http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E9%BC%93%E6%A5%BC
3. http://www.thai-blogs.com/2011/08/05/what-to-expect-if-you-are-invited-to-a-thai-funeral/ (near middle of page)
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbarium
5. http://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E4%BF%A1%E4%BB%B0#.E5.88.86.E9.A1.9E
6. http://www.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/spirit_house.html