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Wiktionary

  1. sanghanoun

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

  2. sanghanoun

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

Wikidata

  1. Sangha

    Sangha is a word in Pali and Sanskrit meaning "association", "assembly," "company" or "community" and most commonly refers in Buddhism to the monastic community of ordained Buddhist monks or nuns. This community is traditionally referred to as the bhikkhu-sangha or bhikkhuni-sangha. Within this community those who have attained a higher level of realisation are referred to as the ariya-sangha or "noble Sangha". The Sangha also includes laymen and laywomen who are personally dedicated to the discipline of Dharma-Vinaya. This use of the word "Sangha" is only sometimes found in the Pali texts.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Sangha

    the Buddhist Church, and the third term of the Triratna or Buddhist trinity, the two other being Buddha and Dharma, his law.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SANGHA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sangha is ranked #20884 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sangha surname appeared 1,262 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sangha.

    90.9% or 1,148 total occurrences were Asian.
    3.6% or 46 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    3.1% or 40 total occurrences were White.
    1% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sangha in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sangha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sangha in a Sentence

  1. Sulak Sivaraksa:

    This is why we need to reform the Sangha and start afresh.

  2. Sulak Sivaraksa:

    The money and power swirling around some Thai temples and monks makes them immune to criticism, this is why we need to reform the Sangha and start afresh.

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