sangha

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from सङ्घ — “heap, multitude, crowd

Definitions

  1. The community of all followers of the Buddha

    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…

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

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sangha. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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