Definitions For Sangha

Noun

SANGHA (plural SANGHAs) The community of all followers of the buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge; those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana; as one of the three jewels of Buddhism. The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).

Derived terms

cybersangha

Translations

Bengali: সংঘ Burmese: သံဃာ Chinese: : Mandarin: 僧伽, tr=sēngjiā French: sangha, m, f Hindi: संघ, m Japanese: 僧伽 (そうぎゃ, sōgya) Khmer: សង្ឃ Korean: 승가 (僧伽) Lao: ສົງ, ສົງຄະ Malay: sangha Malayalam: സംഘം Pali: saṅgha, m Russian: са́нгха, f, са́мгха, f Sanskrit: सङ्घ, m Shan: သင်ႇၶႃႇ, သၢင်ႇၶႃႇ Sinhalese: සංඝ Tamil: சங்கம் Thai: พระสงฆ์, , สงฆ์ Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན Vietnamese: tăng đoàn

Alternative forms

samgha

Etymology

{{etyl, sa, en}} सङ्घ, , heap, multitude, crowd.

See also

bodhicitta Buddha-nature dharma enlightenment four noble truths nirvana six perfections sunyata

Anagrams

Hagans, Saghan