ashrama

noun

ashra·​ma

variants or less commonly asrama

ˈäshrəmə

plural -s

1

India : ashram

2

: any one of the four stages of the Brahmanic scheme of life compare brahmacharya, grihastha, sannyasi, vanaprastha

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit āśrama

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