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yatra

yatra noun: a Hindu pilgrimage.

Noun

yatra (plural yatras)

  1. A Hindu pilgrimage.
    • Thousands of activists and vehicles therefore diffused quietly out of Delhi in the following days to reassemble in a yatra that now swelled to 40–50,000 people.1999, Thomas Blom Hansen, The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 261
    • By calling this little stroll a yatra I am making a mild joke to myself, because in India a yatra can be a grueling expedition such as a hike to the top of Mount Kailas in the Himalayas.2002, John Ittner, Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom: a Week Inside a Yoga Ashram, SkyLight Paths Publishing, →ISBN, page 80

Forms of yatra

pluralyatras
alternative formYatra
alternative formyaatra

Origin of yatra

From Sanskrit यात्रा (yātrā).

Questions about yatra

What does yatra mean?
Yatra means a Hindu pilgrimage.
What part of speech is yatra?
Yatra is a noun.
What is the plural of yatra?
The plural of yatra is yatras.

Words near yatra in the dictionary

  1. Yatir Forest
  2. yatiri
  3. yatiris
  4. yatis
  5. Yatish
  6. yatra
  7. yatras
  8. yatren
  9. yatri
  10. yatris
  11. yats

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