ashram

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1. a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
2. the persons instructed there.

noun

1. a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives
2. a house that provides accommodation for destitute people

n.

“religious hermitage,” 1917, from Sanskrit asramah, from a-, adnomial prefix, + sramah “effort, toll, fatigue.”

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