saṅgha

See also: sangha and Sangha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀗𑁆𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• सङ्घ (Devanagari script)
• সঙ্ঘ (Bengali script)
• සඞ‍්ඝ (Sinhalese script)
• သင်္ဃ or သံဃ or သင်္ꧠ or သင်ꧠ (Burmese script)
• สงฺฆ or สังฆะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩘᨥ (Tai Tham script)
• ສງ຺ຆ or ສັງຆະ or ສັງຄະ or ສັງຄ຺ະ (Lao script)
• សង្ឃ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄋𑄴𑄊 (Chakma script)

Noun

saṅgha m

1. multitude, assemblage of people
2. sangha

Declension

Declension table of "saṅgha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	saṅgho	saṅghā
Accusative (second)	saṅghaṃ	saṅghe
Instrumental (third)	saṅghena	saṅghehi or saṅghebhi
Dative (fourth)	saṅghassa or saṅghāya or saṅghatthaṃ	saṅghānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	saṅghasmā or saṅghamhā or saṅghā	saṅghehi or saṅghebhi
Genitive (sixth)	saṅghassa	saṅghānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	saṅghasmiṃ or saṅghamhi or saṅghe	saṅghesu
Vocative (calling)	saṅgha	saṅghā

Descendants

• → Burmese: သံဃာ (samgha)
• → Indonesian: sangha
• → Khmer: សង្ឃ (sɑng)
• → Lao: ສົງ (song)
• → Sinhalese: සංඝයා (saṁghayā), සංඝ (saṁgha)
• → Thai: สงฆ์ (sǒng)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sangha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead