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ashram

noun

  1. Hindu spiritual hermitage or a monastery
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama)bor. English ashram Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama).

  1. A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.

    “The entire ashram was excited.”

    “In our broken culture those who have experienced the training of the yogic ashram are often woefully ignorant in the ways of the university, and vice versa.”