Home › Words › S › sanghasanghasangha · name — A surname.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyTransliteration of Sanskrit सङ्घ (saṅgha, “heap, multitude, crowd”).nameA surname.nounThe 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).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.buddhaness 56% match — Buddhahood vs sangha →bhikkhu 55% match — A male Buddhist monk or priest; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of the sangha. vs sangha →buddahood 54% match — The state of being a buddha, enlightenment or nirvana. vs sangha →buddha 52% match — Any other person considered similarly enlightened. vs sangha →buddhaship 52% match — Synonym of Buddhahood. vs sangha →buddhic 51% match — Buddhist. vs sangha →bodhisattva 51% match — A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment. vs sangha →samana 50% match — An ascetic, (especially) an ascetic monk who ignores the Vedas in Buddhist and Indian contexts. vs sangha →