These revenue sources were, accordingly, for the temple through Zojishi; therefore, the sources could be used as a way of supervising and controlling priests at the positions with management roles and lower called 'sango' as well as the temple in a sense, other than the regulations and the central monastic office.
こうした財源は造寺司を経由して寺院の財源となるために、一面においては僧尼令や僧綱とは別の意味で寺院や三綱以下の僧侶を監督・統制する手段ともなり得たのである。