The only institutional part to this concerned the Sangha, but lay Buddhists may possibly only interact with the Sangha by creating offerings to monks. Indeed, when Buddhism seriously only existed as the Sangha, a much larger social context was assumed. Sanskrit , sûtra, results in being sutta dharma becomes dhamma , ṛṣi (Hindi rishi) will become isi âshrama, , gets assama (King) Aśoka results in being Asoka etc.