ashram

English

Alternative forms

• āśram

Etymology

From Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama).

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Noun

ashram (plural ashrams)

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

   The entire ashram was excited.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 219:

     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.

Derived terms

• ashramite

 

Related terms

• ashrama

Translations

a secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus

• German: Aschram (de) m
• Portuguese: ashram m, ashrama m
• Russian: ашра́м (ru) f (ašrám)
• Vietnamese: tu viện

Anagrams

• Sharma, Mahars, HA-MRSA, Marash, Hamars, Shamar, Marsha, marahs, harams, Mar'ash

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Noun

ashram m (plural ashrams)

1. ashram