Saṅgha untranslated

Saṅgha 01. An astrologer (saṁvaccarikanāyaka) who predicted the destiny of Kitti (afterwards Vijayabāhu I.). It was this prediction which made Buddharāja support Kitti. Cv.lvii.48.

Saṅgha 02. Father of Sūranimmila; he was the father of seven sons and lived in Khaṇḍaviṭṭhika. Mhv.xxiii.19.

Saṅgha 03. An upāsaka who will wait on Metteyya Buddha (Anāg. vs. 61) and be his chief lay patron. Ibid., 98.

Saṅgha 04. A minister of Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. He gave alms, in circumstances that won applause from the deity of the king’s parasol, to Mahā Nāga Thera of Koṭagallapabbata, to a monk of Timbarugāma, and to another of Devagirivihāra and Cetiyapabbata. The king sent for him and made him Treasurer. It is probably this same Saṅgha that is mentioned in the Extended Mahā Vaṁsa (xxxii.246) as destined to become the chief patron of Metteyya Buddha. His wife was Saṅghadattā (q.v.). Ras.ii.75f, 180.

Saṅgha 05. A minister of Kākavaṇṇatissa; his brother was Cūḷa Saṅgha and his daughter Kiñcisaṅghā. When the latter was taught cooking, the first meal she made was given to the monks. Thus she came to be called Saṅghupaṭṭhāyikā. Later, she was abandoned by her parents at Nigrodhasālakhaṇḍa, but she was rescued by Sakka in the guise of a youth. She gave alms to a monk of Cittalapabbata when she had been starving for seven days, and also gave her only garment, herself wearing leaves. The king heard of this from the deity of his parasol, and, having sent for her, gave her in marriage to one of his sons. Ras.ii.45f.

Saṅghā 01. Saṅghā Therī. She belonged to Prince Siddhattha’s court, and having joined the Saṅgha with Pajāpatī Gotamī, became an Arahant. Thīg. vs. 18; Thīg­a.24.

Saṅghā 02. Daughter of Mahā Nāma and step-sister of Sotthisena. She killed Sotthisena and gave the kingdom to her husband, who was his umbrella bearer, but he died within a year. Cv.xxxviii.1f.

Saṅghā 03. Wife of King Māṇavamma. She was the daughter of the Malayarāja Saṅghasena. Cv.xlvii.3, 8.

Saṅghā 04. Daughter of Aggabodhi VI. and wife of Aggabodhi VII. Her husband once struck her in anger, and, when she complained to her father, he sent her to a nunnery. There her maternal cousin, also called Aggabodhi, became friendly with her and ran away with her to Rohaṇa. But her husband made war on him and seized both him and Saṅghā. After that, husband and wife lived in peace. Cv.x1viii.54ff.

Saṅghā 05. Mahesī of Sena I. She and her husband built the Pubbārāma and the Saṅghasenārāma in the Mahā Vihāra. Saṅghā also built the Uttaravihāra and the Mahindasena pariveṇa. Cv.l.7, 69, 79.

Saṅghā 06. Daughter of Kittaggabodhi and Devā and wife of Sena II. She had a son (Kassapa V.). She built the Saṅghasenapabbata ārāma and placed a sapphire diadem on the stone image of the Buddha. Cv.i.58; li. 6, 9, 86; Saṅghā’s son (Kassapa V.) is called dvayābhiseka sañjāta (born of the twice-anointed queen). Tradition has it that after the death of Sena II. she became the wife of his successor, who made her his mahesī.

Saṅghā 07. Wife of Kassapa V. She was a daughter of Mahinda, yuvarāja of Sena II. and of Tissā. Cv.li. 15, 18.

Saṅghā 08. An upāsikā, mentioned among those who will wait on Metteyya Buddha. She will be his chief patron among lay women. Anāg. vs. 61, 99.