āśrama

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama, “hermitage”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.ra.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ma
  • Hyphenation: as‧ra‧ma

Noun

āśrama

  1. hermitage, abode of ascetics; stage in the life of a brahman.

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Further reading

  • "āśrama" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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