Sanggha

E281274

Buddhist monastic community

Sanggha is an alternative transliteration of "Sangha," the Buddhist monastic community of monks and nuns regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sangha	2
Sanggha canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2610056 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sanggha
Context triple: [Sangha, alsoKnownAs, Sanggha]

A. Nambui
Nambui was a Mongol empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and a prominent wife of Kublai Khan, influential in the imperial court after the death of his first empress.
B. Sanga Bari
Sanga Bari is one of the historic city gates of Harar Jugol, the fortified old town of Harar in eastern Ethiopia.
C. Sengcan
Sengcan was an early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Third Patriarch of Chan.
D. Sennan
Sennan is a coastal city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its proximity to Kansai International Airport and its role as part of the greater Osaka metropolitan area.
E. Kangar
Kangar is the main administrative and commercial center of the Malaysian state of Perlis.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Sanggha
Target entity description: Sanggha is an alternative transliteration of "Sangha," the Buddhist monastic community of monks and nuns regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

A. Nambui
Nambui was a Mongol empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and a prominent wife of Kublai Khan, influential in the imperial court after the death of his first empress.
B. Sanga Bari
Sanga Bari is one of the historic city gates of Harar Jugol, the fortified old town of Harar in eastern Ethiopia.
C. Sengcan
Sengcan was an early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Third Patriarch of Chan.
D. Sennan
Sennan is a coastal city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, known for its proximity to Kansai International Airport and its role as part of the greater Osaka metropolitan area.
E. Kangar
Kangar is the main administrative and commercial center of the Malaysian state of Perlis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist monastic community ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sanggha ⓘ surface form: Sangha
alternativeTransliterationOf	Sanggha self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sangha
associatedWith	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Buddha Dharma ⓘ
componentOf	Triple Gem ⓘ
coreConceptIn	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism Vajrayana ⓘ surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
definedAs	community of ordained Buddhists ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	lay Buddhist community ⓘ
etymologyFrom	Pali term ‘saṅgha’ ⓘ Sanskrit term ‘saṃgha’ ⓘ
function	preservation of Buddhist teachings ⓘ providing spiritual guidance ⓘ transmission of Dharma ⓘ
hasType	monastic order ⓘ religious community ⓘ
includesGroup	bhikkhunis ⓘ bhikkhus ⓘ
isPartOf	Three Jewels of Buddhism ⓘ
languageOfTransliteration	English ⓘ
memberIncludes	Buddhist monks ⓘ Buddhist nuns ⓘ
refersTo	Sangha ⓘ surface form: Buddhist Sangha
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
roleInBuddhism	field of merit ⓘ spiritual community ⓘ
statusInBuddhism	object of reverence ⓘ
veneratedAs	refuge ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sangha → alsoKnownAs → Sanggha ⓘ

Sanggha → alternativeTransliterationOf → Sanggha self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sangha

Sanggha → alsoKnownAs → Sanggha ⓘ