chhatra
English edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit छत्र (chatra). Doublet of chador and chatta.
Noun edit
chhatra (plural chhatras)
- A ritual or ceremonial parasol in South Asia.
- 1838, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 7, part 2:
- A gift of land is held to be complete in all its parts, when accompanied by a couch shell, a seat of honor, a chhatra, a good horse and a good carriage.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 583:
- All the emblems of sovereignty including the chhatra were in place on Father's elephant and war was resumed.
- 2008, A Satish Babu, Tourism Development in India, page 89:
- Originally mounted on a circular drum was the dome or the hemispherical super structure crowned by a railed harmika and a chhatra.