Sangha
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Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sangha canonical | 9 |
| Buddhist Sangha | 2 |
| Bhikkhu Sangha | 1 |
| Bhikkhunī Sangha | 1 |
| Buddhist Sangha of Sri Lanka | 1 |
| Sangha of monastics | 1 |
| Sangha of noble disciples | 1 |
| Saṅgha | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T466580 — 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: Sangha Context triple: [Buddhism, hasMonasticOrder, Sangha]
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A.
Sabha
Sabha is a key oasis city in southwestern Libya that serves as an important administrative, commercial, and transport hub in the Fezzan region.
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B.
Gondi
Gondi is a Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Gondi people in central India, especially across parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and neighboring regions.
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C.
Agamas
The Agamas are the canonical sacred texts of Jainism that record the teachings of the Tirthankaras and form the doctrinal foundation of the Jain religious tradition.
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D.
Magahi
Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
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E.
Jain nuns
Jain nuns are female ascetics in Jainism who take rigorous vows of non-violence, renunciation, and spiritual discipline while living in monastic communities.
- 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: Sangha Target entity description: Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
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A.
Sabha
Sabha is a key oasis city in southwestern Libya that serves as an important administrative, commercial, and transport hub in the Fezzan region.
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B.
Gondi
Gondi is a Dravidian language spoken primarily by the Gondi people in central India, especially across parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and neighboring regions.
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C.
Agamas
The Agamas are the canonical sacred texts of Jainism that record the teachings of the Tirthankaras and form the doctrinal foundation of the Jain religious tradition.
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D.
Magahi
Magahi is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Indian state of Bihar and surrounding regions.
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E.
Jain nuns
Jain nuns are female ascetics in Jainism who take rigorous vows of non-violence, renunciation, and spiritual discipline while living in monastic communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist concept
ⓘ
monastic community ⓘ religious community ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sanggha
ⓘ
Saṅgha ⓘ
linked to:
Sangha
|
| associatedWith |
Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Shakyamuni Buddha
Dharma ⓘ |
| comprises |
Buddhist monks
ⓘ
Buddhist nuns ⓘ ordained monastics ⓘ |
| coreRoleInBuddhism |
field of merit
ⓘ
ideal of spiritual friendship ⓘ preserver of the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ teacher of the Dharma ⓘ |
| ethicalBasis |
celibacy for fully ordained members
ⓘ
monastic precepts ⓘ |
| follows | Vinaya ⓘ |
| geographicalOrigin | ancient India ⓘ |
| governedBy | monastic discipline ⓘ |
| hasSubdivision |
monastic Sangha
ⓘ
noble Sangha ⓘ |
| historicalOrigin | founded by Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfOrigin | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
Three Refuges
ⓘ
Triple Gem ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Pali
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literalMeaning |
assembly
ⓘ
community ⓘ |
| monasticSanghaDefinedAs | community of fully ordained monks and nuns ⓘ |
| nobleSanghaDefinedAs | community of enlightened disciples ⓘ |
| partOf | Three Jewels of Buddhism ⓘ |
| presentInTradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Vajrayana
|
| primaryFunction |
practice of the Dharma
ⓘ
transmission of the Dharma ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| requires |
ordination
ⓘ
taking monastic vows ⓘ |
| roleInSociety |
preservation of scriptures
ⓘ
ritual performance ⓘ spiritual leadership ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
alms
ⓘ
donations ⓘ lay Buddhists ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
collective pursuit of enlightenment
ⓘ
ideal Buddhist community ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
object of devotion
ⓘ
object of refuge ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sangha Description of subject: Sangha is the Buddhist monastic community of ordained monks and nuns, regarded as one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Buddhist flags
linked to: Sangha