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In Buddhism, 僧伽 refers to a community of monks and/or nuns (one of the “Three Jewels”). In general terms, it can simply mean “all followers of the Buddha.”
Notes: Though there are not vast numbers of Chinese Hindus, in the Hindu faith, this term means “community together.”
The original Sanskrit word is also Romanized as samgha.
The first character means “monk.” The second character means Buddha or Shakyamuni.
僧伽 is a transliteration of the original Sanskrit, but it uses two very profound Chinese characters related to Buddhism.
Some may pronounce this as “seng qie” or “seng jia” in Mandarin (two possible pronunciations for the second character). Note that “qie” sounds like “chee-ah” using typical English pronunciation. Chinese Romanization is not actually designed to match English sounds.
Note that when writing this as Kanji, Japanese will tend to write the first character in the form shown to the right. If you select our Japanese master calligrapher, please expect this special Kanji form. However, it should also be noted that this is not a common term in Japanese (except by certain sects of Buddhism or perhaps devout Buddhists in Japan).
僧 is the single-character or short form of Sangha, the Buddhist idea of community or order (of monks, nuns, or followers of the Buddha).
Alone, this character can simply mean “monk” (Just means monk in Japanese).
Note that when writing this as Kanji, Japanese will tend to write this in the form shown to the right. If you select our Japanese master calligrapher, please expect this special Kanji form.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your seng search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
僧 see styles |
sēng seng1 seng sou / so そう |
More info & calligraphy: Sangha / Order of Monks(1) monk; priest; (2) (abbreviation) (See 僧伽・そうぎゃ) sangha (the Buddhist community); (surname) Sou 僧伽 saṅgha, an assembly, collection, company, society. The corporate assembly of at least three (formerly four) monks under a chairman, empowered to hear confession, grant absolution, and ordain. The church or monastic order, the third member of the triratna. The term 僧 used alone has come to mean a monk, or monks in general. Also僧佉, 僧加, 僧企耶.; A fully ordained monk, i.e. a bhikṣu as contrasted with the śramaņa. |
僧伽 see styles |
sēng qié seng1 qie2 seng ch`ieh seng chieh sougya / sogya そうぎゃ |
More info & calligraphy: Sanghasangha (the Buddhist community) (san: samgha) (Skt. saṃgha) |
僧侶 僧侣 see styles |
sēng lǚ seng1 lu:3 seng lü souryo / soryo そうりょ |
More info & calligraphy: Buddhist Monk{Buddh} priest; monk; bonze Monastic companions, or company. |
佛法僧 see styles |
fó fǎ sēng fo2 fa3 seng1 fo fa seng buppō sō |
More info & calligraphy: Buddha Dharma Sangha |
鬙 see styles |
sēng seng1 seng |
short hair; unkempt |
七僧 see styles |
qī sēng qi1 seng1 ch`i seng chi seng shichisō |
A monastery is supposed to possess the following seven monks: 咒願師 invoker; 導師 leader; 唄師 intoner, or leader of the chanting; 散花師 flower-scatterer; 梵音師 master of sacred words, or Sanskrit; 錫杖師 shaker of the rings on the metal staff, or crozier; 堂達 distributor of missals, etc. Another division is 講師 expounder; 讀師 reader; 咒願師; 三禮師 director of the three ceremonies; 唄師; 散花師; and 堂達. |
亂僧 乱僧 see styles |
luàn sēng luan4 seng1 luan seng ransō |
A disorderly monk. |
亡僧 see styles |
wáng sēng wang2 seng1 wang seng mōsō |
dead monk |
伴僧 see styles |
bàn sēng ban4 seng1 pan seng bansou / banso ばんそう |
priests assisting at a Buddhist service half-monk |
僧中 see styles |
sēng zhōng seng1 zhong1 seng chung sōchū |
within the saṃgha |
僧亮 see styles |
sēng liàng seng1 liang4 seng liang souryou / soryo そうりょう |
(personal name) Souryō Sengliang |
僧人 see styles |
sēng rén seng1 ren2 seng jen |
monk |
僧伍 see styles |
sēng wǔ seng1 wu3 seng wu sōgo |
The monastic ranks. |
僧休 see styles |
sēng xiū seng1 xiu1 seng hsiu Sōkyū |
Sengxiu |
僧佉 see styles |
sēng qiā seng1 qia1 seng ch`ia seng chia sōkya |
saṅkhyā, 僧企耶; intp. 數 number, reckon, calculate; Saṅkhyā, 'one of the great divisions of Hindu philosophy ascribed to the sage Kapila, and so called as 'reckoning up' or 'enumerating' twenty-five Tattvas or true principles, its object being to effect the final liberation of the twenty-fifth (Purusha, the Soul) from the fetters of the phenomenal creation by conveying the correct knowledge of the twenty-four other Tattvas, and rightly discriminating the soul from them.' M.W. Cf. 迦 and 數. |
僧位 see styles |
sēng wèi seng1 wei4 seng wei soui / soi そうい |
{Buddh} rank (of a monk) monk's rank |
僧俗 see styles |
sēng sú seng1 su2 seng su souzoku / sozoku そうぞく |
laymen; laity priests and laymen Monks and the laity. |
僧儀 僧仪 see styles |
sēng yí seng1 yi2 seng i sōgi |
The monastic custom, i.e. shaving head and beard, wearing the robe, etc. |
僧兵 see styles |
sēng bīng seng1 bing1 seng ping souhei / sohe そうへい |
priest soldier; warrior monk armed monks |
僧可 see styles |
sēng kě seng1 ke3 seng k`o seng ko Sōka |
Name of 慧可 Huike, second patriarch of the Intuitive School. |
僧地 see styles |
sēng dì seng1 di4 seng ti souchi / sochi そうち |
(place-name) Souchi the land held by the saṃgha |
僧坊 see styles |
sēng fáng seng1 fang2 seng fang soubou / sobo そうぼう |
priests' temple quarters; (place-name) Soubou 僧房 A vihāra, or saṅghārāma, a monastery; also a nunnery. |
僧堂 see styles |
sēng táng seng1 tang2 seng t`ang seng tang soudou / sodo そうどう |
temple meditation hall or certain other temple structures; (place-name) Soudou saṃgha hall |
僧宗 see styles |
sēng zōng seng1 zong1 seng tsung Sōshū |
Sengzong (438–496) |
僧官 see styles |
sēng guān seng1 guan1 seng kuan sōkan |
Director of monks, an official first appointed by the government in the fourth century A.D.; then and later the office was called 僧正; 僧統; 僧錄 (僧錄司). |
僧家 see styles |
sēng jiā seng1 jia1 seng chia souka; souke / soka; soke そうか; そうけ |
(1) (rare) Buddhist temple; (2) (rare) Buddhist priest the saṃgha |
僧富 see styles |
sēng fù seng1 fu4 seng fu Sōfu |
Sengfu |
僧寶 僧宝 see styles |
sēng bǎo seng1 bao3 seng pao sōbō |
saṅgha, the idealized church, the third member of the triratna. |
僧寺 see styles |
sēng sì seng1 si4 seng ssu souji / soji そうじ |
Buddhist priest; temple with a resident priest the saṃgha and the monastery |
僧尼 see styles |
sēng ní seng1 ni2 seng ni souni / soni そうに |
(Buddhist) monks and nuns monks and nuns Monks and nuns. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Sangha | 僧伽 | sougya / sogya | sēng qié / seng1 qie2 / seng qie / sengqie | seng ch`ieh / sengchieh / seng chieh |
Sangha Order of Monks | 僧 | sou / so | sēng / seng1 / seng | |
Warrior Monk Soldier Priest | 藩士 | sou hei / souhei / so hei | sēng bīng seng1 bing1 seng bing sengbing | seng ping sengping |
Buddha Dharma Sangha | 佛法僧 | buppō sō / buppōsō / bupō sō | fó fǎ sēng fo2 fa3 seng1 fo fa seng fofaseng | |
Heart Sutra Mantra | 揭諦揭諦波羅揭諦波羅僧揭諦菩提薩婆訶 揭谛揭谛波罗揭谛波罗僧揭谛菩提萨婆诃 | jiē dì jiē dì bō luō jiē dì bō luō sēng jiē dì pú tí sà pó hē jie1 di4 jie1 di4 bo1 luo1 jie1 di4 bo1 luo1 seng1 jie1 di4 pu2 ti2 sa4 po2 he1 jie di jie di bo luo jie di bo luo seng jie di pu ti sa po he | chieh ti chieh ti po lo chieh ti po lo seng chieh ti p`u t`i sa p`o ho chieh ti chieh ti po lo chieh ti po lo seng chieh ti pu ti sa po ho |
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In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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