dharmsala

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noun

A charitable or religious house, especially a resthouse for travellers.

OriginHindi धर्मशाला →
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Meanings

noundharmsala (plural dharmsalas)

plural dharmsalas · alternative dharamshala · alternative dharmshala

  1. IndiahistoricalA charitable or religious house, especially a resthouse for travellers.

    The corridor was paved and wayfarers used it as a dharamshala.

    2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 2

Origin

  1. Hindiधर्मशाला
  2. Englishdharmsala

From Hindi धर्मशाला (dharmaśālā), from Sanskrit.

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