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Ashram

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means a spiritual hermitage or retreat, especially in the Hindu tradition
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Stage 1 of 2
ashrama
Sanskrit · ancient
"a spiritual retreat"
a hermitage or spiritual retreat
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Stage 2 of 2
ashram
English · 1900s
"a spiritual community or retreat"
adopted as Indian spiritual communities became known internationally
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