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

noun sanghas · samgha · sangh

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

Sangha^²

proper noun Sanghas

A surname.

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noun community of all followers of the Buddha

한국어	승가 seungga
日本語	僧伽 sōgya
中文	僧伽 sēngjiā
हिन्दी	संघ saṅgh
Français	sangha
Русский	са́нгха sángxa, са́мгха sámgxa
Tiếng Việt	tăng đoàn, giáo hội, tăng-già

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@misc{sangha_2026,
  title = {sangha},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sangha},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}