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dharmshala

dharmshala is the alternative form of dharmsala.

Meaning of dharmsala

Noun

dharmsala (plural dharmsalas)

  1. (India, historical) A charitable or religious house, especially a resthouse for travellers.
    • The corridor was paved and wayfarers used it as a dharamshala.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 2

Forms of dharmshala

pluraldharmshalas

Questions about dharmshala

What is dharmshala the alternative form of?
Dharmshala is the alternative form of dharmsala.

Words near dharmshala in the dictionary

  1. Dharmism
  2. Dharmist
  3. Dharmists
  4. dharmsala
  5. dharmsalas
  6. dharmshala
  7. dharmshalas
  8. dharna
  9. dharnas
  10. Dharruk
  11. Dhars

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