Sangha

Alternative forms

• samgha

Origin

Sanskrit संघ (saṃ-gha, "heap, multitude, crowd").

Full definition of sangha

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; as one of the three jewels of Buddhism.
2. The Buddhist congregation including laypersons and "religious" (renunciate monks and nuns who have taken vows).