yatra

English

Alternative forms

• Yatra
• yaatra

Etymology

From Sanskrit यात्रा (yātrā).

Noun

yatra (plural yatras)

1. A Hindu pilgrimage.
   • 1999, Thomas Blom Hansen, The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India‎^[1], Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 261:

     Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a yatra that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.

   • 2002, John Ittner, Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom: a Week Inside a Yoga Ashram‎^[2], SkyLight Paths Publishing, →ISBN, page 80:

     By calling this little stroll a yatra I am making a mild joke to myself, because in India a yatra can be a grueling expedition such as a hike to the top of Mount Kailas in the Himalayas.

   • 2005, Christian Strümpell, “Forts and Camps in Tribal Orissa: Kshatriyaization and Industrialization Compared”, in Georg Pfeffer, editor, Contemporary Society: Identity, Intervention and Ideology in Tribal India and Beyond‎^[3], volume 7, Concept Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 71:

     At the inauguration of this temple a yatra for her was performed attracting again a big part of Chatamput's mostly female inhabitants, who all claimed that Kondamakalamma now is the "real" goddess of the village.

   • 2006, Ritual and Identity: Performative Practices as Effective Transformations of Social Reality‎^[4], volume 8, LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, →ISBN, page 287:

     I thus wonder whether the yatra was not primarily "efficient" for the upper middle classes who - physically removed from direct participation - enjoyed the BJP going on a yatra, presenting them with ready-made edutainment about nationality, easy to digest, without much physical and mental effort.

Anagrams

• atray, tayra, yarta

Javanese

Romanization

yatra

1. Romanization of ꦪꦠꦿ