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‖ sangha Buddhism.|ˈsaŋa|
Also 9 Thanga; samgha and with capital initial.
[Hind. saṅgha, Skr. saṃgha, f. sam together + han to come in contact.]
The community or order of monks. Also transf.
1858P. Bigandet Life or Legend of Gaudama 234 The Budhist Religious constitute the Thanga, or assembly of the Perfect. They are the strict followers of Budha. 1876Encycl. Brit. IV. 429/2 The Sangha, or Society, as Buddha's order of mendicants was called. 1921C. Eliot Hinduism & Buddhism III. xxxvi. 71 The Sangha has always shown a laudable reserve in interfering directly with politics... In 1886, when the British annexed Burma, the Head of the Sangha forbade monks to take part in the political strife. 1951E. Conze Buddhism ii. 53 The core of the Buddhist movement consisted of monks... The entire ‘brotherhood’ of monks and hermits is called the Samgha. The Samgha naturally always formed only a small minority of the Buddhist community. 1968T. Wolfe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test xxi. 292 Boise in that moment is in the tiny knot of Perfect Pranksters, the inner circle, ascending into the sangha for good! 1978C. Humphreys Both Sides of Circle xii. 135 The adoption of Twelve Principles became my major Buddhist activity in Japan, and their later presentation to the Sanghas and leading Buddhists of Thailand, Burma and Ceylon was..my major interest in those countries. |