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Etymology
From Hindi धर्मशाला (dharmaśālā), from Sanskrit.
Noun
dharmsala (plural dharmsalas)
- (historical, India) A charitable or religious house, especially a resthouse for travellers.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 2:
- The corridor was paved and wayfarers used it as a dharamshala.