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sangha

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The community of all followers of the Buddha; the ecclesia in which the devout take refuge; those who have "entered the stream" towards nirvana; one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

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noun

Meaning 3

The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).

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History

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha, “heap, multitude, crowd”).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: সঙ্ঘ (śoṅgho) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Bengali: সংঘ (śoṅgho) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Burmese: သံဃာ (samgha) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Chinese Mandarin: 僧伽 (sēngjiā) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • French: sangha — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Hindi: संघ (saṅgh) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Japanese: 僧伽 (sōgya) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Khmer: សង្ឃ (sɑng) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Korean: 승가 (seungga) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Lao: ສົງ (song) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Lao: ສົງຄະ — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Malay: sangha — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Malayalam: സംഘം (saṅghaṁ) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Pali: saṅgha — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Polish: sangha — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Russian: са́нгха (sángxa) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Russian: са́мгха (sámgxa) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Sanskrit: सङ्घ (saṅgha) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Shan: သင်ႇၶႃႇ (sàng khàa) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Shan: သၢင်ႇၶႃႇ (sàang khàa) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Sikkimese: དགེ་འདུན (dge 'dun) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Sinhalese: සංඝ (saṁgha) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Tamil: சங்கம் (caṅkam) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Thai: พระสงฆ์ (sǒng) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Thai: สงฆ์ (sǒng) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Tibetan: དགེ་འདུན (dge 'dun) — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Vietnamese: tăng đoàn — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Vietnamese: giáo hội — community of all followers of the Buddha
  • Vietnamese: tăng-già — community of all followers of the Buddha