Sangha (disambiguation)

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Sangha (from Sanskrit saṃgha 'assembly') most often refers to:

  • Sangha (Buddhism), the fourfold community of pious Buddhists, and sometimes refers specifically to the body of Buddhist clergy
  • Sangha (Jainism), the fourfold community of pious followers of Jainism
  • Sangat (Sikhism), the community of believers in Sikhism

Sangha may also refer to:

Places

  • Sangha, Mali, a rural commune in Mali
  • Sangha Department (Burkina Faso), a department in eastern Burkina Faso
  • Sangha Department (Republic of the Congo), a department in northern Congo-Brazzaville
  • Sangha-Mbaéré, an economic prefecture in the Central African Republic
  • Sangha Trinational, a forest in Central Africa
  • Sangha River, a tributary of the Congo river of Central Africa

Other uses

  • Sangha people of the Republic of the Congo
  • Sangh Parivar, a family of Hindu Nationalist organisations
  • Gaṇasaṅgha a type of republic or oligarchy in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent
  • Sangha (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a constituency of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly in India reserved for the Buddhist monastic community
  • Sangha (monk), a Chinese monk who lived in the Tang dynasty

See also

  • Sanga (disambiguation)
  • Sangam (disambiguation)
  • Sangh (disambiguation)
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