This story lead me to look up: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangha " #Saṅgha or #saṃgha (IPA: [sɐŋɡʱɐ]) is a term meaning "association", #assembly, "company" or #community. In a political context, it was historically used to denote a governing assembly in a republic or a kingdom, and for a long time, "

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