Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually secluded residence of a religious community and its guru.
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- noun Hinduism A secluded
religious hermitage inhabited bygurus , or the population of such a hermitage.
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- noun a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram
- noun (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The term ashram refers in Sanskrit to religious hermitage but nowadays often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity, such as yoga, music study or religious instruction.
Hurriyet Dailynews ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 2010
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The term ashram refers in Sanskrit to religious hermitage but nowadays often denotes a locus of Indian cultural activity, such as yoga, music study or religious instruction.
Hurriyet Dailynews ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News 2010
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Today, the term ashram can refer to a community formed primarily for spiritual uplifting of its members, often headed by a religious leader or mystic.
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Except that just outside of the ashram was a graveyard, and wandering that graveyard shouting out prayers to Shiva for his own personal reasons until sunset was a devoted older man gifted not only with loud voice that carried well, but also gifted with a bullhorn.
Olivia Rosewood: Please Meditate: Parents, Too Olivia Rosewood 2011
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Except that just outside of the ashram was a graveyard, and wandering that graveyard shouting out prayers to Shiva for his own personal reasons until sunset was a devoted older man gifted not only with loud voice that carried well, but also gifted with a bullhorn.
Olivia Rosewood: Please Meditate: Parents, Too Olivia Rosewood 2011
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For some, the ashram is a working vacation with its emphasis on service, rather than study.
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The US boarding schools, known as ashram-based gurukulas, were all closed by the mid-1980s.
Krishna temples urge victims of abuse to make formal claim 2003
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Debris was strewn all around the bakery, located near Osho ashram, which is also frequented by foreigners, and also near a Jewish centre.
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Debris was strewn all around the bakery, located near Osho ashram, which is also frequented by foreigners, and also near a Jewish center.
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Debris was strewn all around the bakery, located near Osho ashram, which is also frequented by foreigners, and also near a Jewish centre.
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