आश्रम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑːʃ.ɾəm/, [äːʃ.ɾə̃m]

Noun

आश्रम • (āśram) m (Urdu spelling آشرم‎)

1. (Hinduism) monastery, hermitage, ashram

   साधु आश्रम में वेदों की पढ़ाई करते हैं।

   sādhu āśram mẽ vedõ kī paṛhāī karte ha͠i.

   Monks study the Vedas in the ashram.

Declension

Declension of आश्रम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आश्रम āśram	आश्रम āśram
oblique	आश्रम āśram	आश्रमों āśramõ
vocative	आश्रम āśram	आश्रमो āśramo

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root श्रम् (√śram).

Noun

आश्रम • (ā-śrama) m or n

1. hermitage, the abode of ascetics, the cell of a hermit or of retired saints or sages; ashram
2. a stage in the life of a Brahman (of which there are four corresponding to four different periods or conditions, namely 1st, ब्रह्मचारिन् (brahmacārin, “student of the veda”); 2nd, गृहस्थ (gṛha-stha, “householder”); 3rd, वानप्रस्थ (vānaprastha, “anchorite”); and 4th, संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsin, “abandoner of all worldly concerns”), or sometimes भिक्षु (bhikṣu, “religious beggar”); in some places the law-givers mention only three such periods of religious life, the first being then omitted)
3. hut built on festal occasions
4. college, school
5. wood, thicket
6. (masculine) name of a pupil of Pṛthvī-dhara

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आश्रम
Nom. sg.	आश्रमः (āśramaḥ)
Gen. sg.	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आश्रमः (āśramaḥ)	आश्रमौ (āśramau)	आश्रमाः (āśramāḥ)
Vocative	आश्रम (āśrama)	आश्रमौ (āśramau)	आश्रमाः (āśramāḥ)
Accusative	आश्रमम् (āśramam)	आश्रमौ (āśramau)	आश्रमान् (āśramān)
Instrumental	आश्रमेण (āśrameṇa)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमैः (āśramaiḥ)
Dative	आश्रमाय (āśramāya)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आश्रमात् (āśramāt)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām)
Locative	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu)

Neuter a-stem declension of आश्रम
Nom. sg.	आश्रमम् (āśramam)
Gen. sg.	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आश्रमम् (āśramam)	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमाणि (āśramāṇi)
Vocative	आश्रम (āśrama)	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमाणि (āśramāṇi)
Accusative	आश्रमम् (āśramam)	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमाणि (āśramāṇi)
Instrumental	आश्रमेण (āśrameṇa)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमैः (āśramaiḥ)
Dative	आश्रमाय (āśramāya)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आश्रमात् (āśramāt)	आश्रमाभ्याम् (āśramābhyām)	आश्रमेभ्यः (āśramebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आश्रमस्य (āśramasya)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām)
Locative	आश्रमे (āśrame)	आश्रमयोः (āśramayoḥ)	आश्रमेषु (āśrameṣu)

Derived terms

• अनाथ आश्रम (anātha āśrama)

Descendants

• → English: ashram
• → German: Aschram
• → Indonesian: asrama
• → Khmer: អាស្រម (ʼaahrɔɔm)
• → Thai: อาศรม (aa-sǒm)
• → Tocharian B: aśrām

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “आश्रम”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0158.