Definitions for ashrams

ashrams ash·ram

Spelling: [ahsh-ruh m]
IPA: /ˈɑʃ rəm/

Ashrams is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in ashrams (aahmrss).

Definitions for ashrams

noun

  1. a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
  2. the persons instructed there.

Origin of ashrams

First recorded in 1915-20, ashram is from the Sanskrit word āśrama

Examples for ashrams

On the trail of her guru, Gilbert stays at an ashram for four months, and she attempts to describe yoga from the mat up.

"We were seated outdoors near the ashram," Prafulla told me.

The peasant at once changed his direction and made for the rear of the ashram.

On the evening of March 16, 1936, Ma arrived at the ashram and asked to see her guru.

They converted an old mansion into an ashram in a rundown part of Philadelphia.

The ashram depends for its existence on such help as friends render it.

Guarding it for years, I now had it carefully hidden in my ashram room.

It is a serious mistake to order them from the ashram or any other place.

With exaggerated gravity he questioned all ashram residents.

ashram disciples passed to and fro with some thirty courses.

Word Value for ashrams
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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