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sangha

sangha noun: 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.

Noun

sangha (plural sanghas)

  1. 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.
  2. The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and the "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).

Proper noun capitalized: Sangha

Sangha (plural Sanghas)

  1. A surname.

sangha meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

sangha in Hindi

community of all followers of the Buddha
संघ saṅgh

sangha in Tamil

community of all followers of the Buddha
சங்கம் caṅkam

sangha in Bengali

community of all followers of the Buddha
সঙ্ঘ śoṅgho, সংঘ śoṅgho

sangha in Malayalam

community of all followers of the Buddha
സംഘം saṅghaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
sangha in Sanskrit
सङ्घ saṅgha
sangha in Sinhala
සංඝ saṁgha
sangha in Malay
sangha
sangha in Thai
พระสงฆ์ sǒng, สงฆ์ sǒng
sangha in Vietnamese
tăng đoàn, giáo hội, tăng-già
sangha in Myanmar
သံဃာ samgha

Forms of sangha

Noun
pluralsanghas
alternative formsamgha
alternative formsangh
Proper noun
pluralSanghas

Origin of sangha

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

Words formed from sangha

Questions about sangha

What does sangha mean?
Sangha means 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.
What is sangha in Hindi?
Sangha in Hindi is संघ (saṅgh). See Sangha meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sangha?
Sangha can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of sangha?
The plural of sangha is sanghas.

Words near sangha in the dictionary

  1. sangfroid
  2. sangfroids
  3. sanggenon
  4. sanggenons
  5. sangh
  6. sangha
  7. Sanghanan
  8. Sangharama
  9. sanghas
  10. Sanghera
  11. Sangheras

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