English Explanatory Dictionary

sangha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

sangha sanghas samgha sangh

Etymology

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

Related words

bodhicitta Buddha-nature dharma enlightenment Four Noble Truths nirvana six perfections sunyata

Derived words

cybersangha
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