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ash⋅ram

  [ahsh-ruhm]
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–noun
1. a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
2. the persons instructed there.
Also, asrama.

Origin:
1915–20; < Skt āśrama
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ash·ram   (äsh'rəm)   
n.   Hinduism
A usually secluded residence of a religious community and its guru.

[Sanskrit āśramaḥ : ā-, to + śramaḥ, toil, penance, austerity (from śramati, he toils, practices austerity).]
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ashram 
"religious hermitage," 1917, from Skt. asramah, from a-, adnomial prefix, + sramah "effort, toll, fatigue."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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