ashram
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- noun
- /ˈɑːʃrəm/
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ashram
- I engaged fully in the daily life of the ashram—eating, sleeping, meditating, and chanting, along with the other students.
- ashram in India
You just locate various ashrams and show up.
- You just locate various ashrams and show up.
- I said no air conditioners in the ashram, in the cottages.
- So that's like this studio, that's like being in an ashram.
- Now, I've been single for seven years, and you were a monk in an ashram.
- And so the story is all about this metaphor of up in this attic of the ashram, there's a mirror with a thick layer of dust.
- And how can we, without going to an ashram, how can we take our strengths and really give them purpose and meaning?
- They were all guys like living in Ashram or Ashram near me.
- Again, no ashram, no church, no synagogue, no mosque owns it.
- Did I join the monastery or the ashram for luxurious, fine, palatable food?
- So the ashram in India tells you that you can't give up your life.
Examples
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A third fieldwork study at an ashram in South India was a profoundly participative experience.
Academic text (1992) -
I must have left it at the Ashram.
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You lived in an ashram for two years, the jungle for a year.
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I trained with him three times a week at the ashram.
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There are many Western women who come here to participate in the ashram.
Fiction book (1993) -
I actually spent three months in an ashram in Goa.
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If it were me, I think I'd go spend some time in an ashram, meditating.
Blog text (3) -
Moving to Poona in 1974, he established an ashram that attracted increasing numbers of Westerners.
Blog text (27) -
After a long week, she decided to visit the ashram for some relaxation and meditation.
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The teacher instructed his students to retreat to the ashram for deeper learning and reflection on their spiritual paths.
Synonyms
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A building where monks live, work, and pray together
A place where people live together to practice meditation and religious study
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ashram comes from the Sanskrit word ashrama, built on shram which means 'effort' or 'to work hard'. So an ashram is a place where people go to practice meditation and work on their spiritual life, and the name reminds us that living there is a kind of inner 'work'.