Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
ghaṭ1to join together
general
Saṅghā; name of an arahant nun (author of Therīgāthā verse 18)
Thig 1.18
itthaṃ sudaṃ saṅghā therī gāthaṃ abhāsitthā'ti.
Saṅghā; name of a historical queen, wife of King Sena II and mother of Kassapa V
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
ghaṭ1to join together
Literal
joined together; an assemblage
Synonyms
monastic
the Sangha; the monastic community; the order of monks and nuns
AN 6.10
supaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho
general
group; multitude; crowd; assemblage
Encyclopedia
13 entries
Saṅghā
PersonA member of Prince Siddhattha’s court who joined the Order together with Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī and became an Arahant.
Saṅghā2
PersonA daughter of King Mahānāma and step-sister of Sotthisena who killed him to give the kingdom to her husband, who died within the year.
Saṅghā3
PersonThe wife of King Mānavamma, daughter of the Malaya prince Saṅghasena.
Saṅghā4
PersonA daughter of Aggabodhi VI and wife of Aggabodhi VII who, after her husband struck her and her father sent her to a nunnery, fled with her cousin to Rohaṇa before reconciling with her husband.
Saṅghā5
PersonThe chief queen of King Sena I who, with her husband, built the Pubbārāma and Saṅghasenārāma monasteries and also built the Uttara-vihāra and Mahindasena pariveṇa.
Saṅghā6
PersonDaughter of Kittaggabodhi and Devā and wife of Sena II who bore King Kassapa V and, after her husband’s death, became the chief queen of his successor.
Saṅghā7
PersonThe wife of King Kassapa V, daughter of Mahinda, the crown prince of Sena II, and of Tissā.
Saṅghā8
PersonA female lay disciple foretold to become the chief patron among laywomen attending the future Buddha Metteyya.
An astrologer whose prediction about Kitti’s (later Vijayabāhu I’s) destiny won him Buddharāja’s support.
Father of Sūranimmila and of seven sons, who lived in Khandavitthika.
A lay disciple destined to become the future Buddha Metteyya’s chief lay patron.
A minister of King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī who was made Treasurer after his generous alms-giving won the parasol-deity’s approval; he is likely the same Saṅgha foretold to become Metteyya’s chief patron.
A minister of King Kākavaṇṇa Tissa whose daughter Kiñcisaṅghā became known as Saṅghupatthāyikā for her generosity to the monks.
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