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juhar

juhar is the alternative form of johar.

Meaning of johar

Noun

johar (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The Rajput practice whereby women are sacrificed in a fire to avoid their being captured by an enemy.
    • Probably the most famous immolation of women was the johar, or mass suicide, at Fort Chittor in the thirteenth century, when the Rajput women in the fort were burned to avoid being captured by a licentious Mogul invader.1993, Leigh Minturn, Sita's Daughters, page 230

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What is juhar the alternative form of?
Juhar is the alternative form of johar.

Words near juhar in the dictionary

  1. jugums
  2. Jugureni
  3. Jugurthine
  4. jugware
  5. Juha
  6. juhar
  7. Juhasz
  8. Juhaszes
  9. Juhaynah
  10. Juhaynahs
  11. Juhi

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