kirtan
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit कीर्तन (kīrtana, “narrating”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kirtan (plural kirtans)
- A call-and-response chant performed in India's devotional traditions.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 137:
- She was not devout or overly religious but she went to temples and kirtans regularly.
- 2009 March 5, Sara Eckel, “Yoga Enthusiasts Hear the Call of Kirtan”, in New York Times[1]:
- Recently, Mrs. Breighner and Ms. Damon attended a Friday night kirtan at the Integral Yoga Institute.
