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Compound of Hindu + Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “state, nation”); possibly an unadapted borrowing from Hindi or another Indian language.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hindu Rashtra
Today it means: the (idealised) administration of India under a theocratic government as a Hindu state as sought by Hindu nationalists Full definition →