Associations to the word «Ashram»

Wiktionary

ASHRAM, noun. (Hinduism) A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage.

Dictionary definition

ASHRAM, noun. A place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram.
ASHRAM, noun. (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats