Sangha (disambiguation)

Sangha (from Sanskrit, saṃgha meaning 'assembly'), also spelled as Sangh, 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 or Sangh, 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

Organisations

Hindutva

• Sangh Parivar, a family of Hindutva organisations in India, led by the RSS
• Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation in India
• Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a former Hindutva political party in India which served as the political wing of the RSS
• Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, an Indian trade union affiliated with the RSS
• Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, an international affiliate of the RSS

Others

• Arjak Sangh, a historical Indian organisation founded for the emancipation of Dalits
• Harijan Sevak Sangh, a historical non-profit organisation founded by Mahatma Gandhi to eradicate untouchability
• Saurashtra Khedut Sangh, a historical farmers' movement in Saurashtra, India
• Triveni Sangh, a historical social reform movement in Bihar, India
• Nepal Dalit Sangh, a Nepali Dalit movement affiliated with the Nepali Congress
• Nepal Dalit Sangh (Prajatantrik), a historical Nepali Dalit movement affiliated with the Nepali Congress
• Kisan Sangh, the first farmers' union in Fiji
• Vishal Sangh, a cane farmers' union in Fiji

Other uses

• Sangha people of the Republic of the Congo
• 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
• Sukhwinder Singh Sangha (1965–1990), an Indian Sikh militant

See also

• Sanga (disambiguation)
• Sangam (disambiguation)