Ashram

An ashram[1] (Sanskrit: आश्रम, āśrama) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Hinduism.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Etymology
* 2 Overview
* 3 Schools in Maharashtra
* 4 In the West
* 5 Gallery
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links

## Etymology

The Sanskrit noun āśrama- is a thematic nominal derivative from the root śram 'toil' (श्रम्, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱremh₂, compare śramaṇa श्रमण) with the prefix ā 'towards'.[4] An ashram is a place where one strives towards a goal in a disciplined manner. Such a goal could be ascetic, spiritual, yogic or otherwise.[5]

## Overview

File:Sevagram Ashram .jpgSevagram Ashram in Sabramati, 1936

Traditionally, though not necessarily in contemporary times, an ashram would be located far from human habitation, in forests or mountainous regions, amidst refreshing natural surroundings conducive to spiritual instruction and meditation. The residents of an ashram regularly performed spiritual and physical exercises, such as the various forms of yoga. Other sacrifices and penances, such as yajnas, were also performed.[6] Many ashrams also served as gurukulas, residential schools for children under the guru-shishya tradition.

Sometimes, the goal of a pilgrimage to the ashram was not tranquility, but instruction in some art, especially warfare. In the Ramayana, the princes of ancient Ayodhya, Rama, and Lakshmana, go to Vishvamitra's ashram to protect his yajnas from being defiled by emissary-demons of Ravana. After they prove their mettle, the princes receive martial instruction from the sage, especially in the use of divine weapons. In the Mahabharata, Krishna, in his youth, goes to the ashram of Sandipani to gain knowledge of both intellectual and spiritual matters.[7]

## Schools in Maharashtra

Boarding schools, especially in the tribal areas of Maharashtra and elsewhere in India, are called ashram shala or ashram schools. One such school is the Lok Biradari Prakalp Ashram Shala.[8][9]

## In the West

A number of ashrams have been established outside India. Typically, these ashrams are connected to Indian lineages,[10] focus on imparting Yoga-related teachings, often in residential retreats, and are headed by spiritual teachers of Indian or Western background.

## Gallery

* Sabarmati Ashram, where Mahatma Gandhi stayed

* Sevagram Ashram

Sevagram Ashram

* Ashram with folk architectural elements with wood and bamboo roof

Ashram with folk architectural elements with wood and bamboo roof

* Arshram in Sabarmati

Arshram in Sabarmati

* Sabarmati Ashram with folk architectural elements; stone floors and wood and lime-plaster walls

Sabarmati Ashram with folk architectural elements; stone floors and wood and lime-plaster walls

* Small ashram hut in Sabramati

Small ashram hut in Sabramati

* Ashram at Sabramati with verandha

Ashram at Sabramati with verandha

* Acharjya Binoba Bhabe's kutira at Sabaramati

Acharjya Binoba Bhabe's kutira at Sabaramati

* Sri Ramana Ashram, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, established 1922

* Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, established in 1926

* Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, the headquarters of Divine Life Society, founded by Sivananda Saraswati in 1936

* Kailash Ashram, Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh, established by Dhanraj Giri

## See also

* Sivananda Ashram
* Dhanraj Giri
* Parbrahm Ashram

## References

1. ↑ "Ashram". Cambridge English Dictionary. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ashram. "a place where a group of Hindus live together away from the rest of society, or a place where Hindus can go in order to pray"
2. ↑ Swami Swahananda (1 January 1990). Monasteries in South Asia. Vedanta Press. pp. 92–. ISBN 978-0-87481-047-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=oCyRen5mGAAC&pg=PA92.
3. ↑ Mayeul de Dreuille (1999). "1 Hindu mansticism". From East to West: A History of Monasticism. Gracewing Publishing. pp. 3–27. ISBN 978-0-85244-464-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=bXTaxKSFHeMC&pg=PA3.
4. ↑ Manfred Mayrhofer (1992). Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen I. Band. Heidelberg: Winter. p. 664.
5. ↑ George Weckman (2000). William M. Johnston. ed. Encyclopedia of Monasticism: A–L. Routledge. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-57958-090-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=GfC0TDkJJNgC&pg=PA94.
6. ↑ Gopal, Madan (1990). K. S. Gautam. ed. India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 70. https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada.
7. ↑ Vemsani, Lavanya (2016-06-13) (in en). Krishna in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Hindu Lord of Many Names. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 388. ISBN 979-8-216-10845-0. https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Krishna_in_History_Thought_and_Culture/zQPHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=&pg=PT388&printsec=frontcover.
8. ↑ Hetal Vyas (31 January 2009). "Shocked HC files suo-motu PIL over ashram rape and deaths". PuneMirror. http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=3&contentid=20090131200901310511574845e815b1b&sectxslt=&pageno=1.
9. ↑ "Lok Biradari Prakalp". Lok Biradari Prakalp. 2009. http://www.lokbiradariprakalp.org/.
10. ↑ "200 hours Yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh India". https://www.rishikeshyogastudycenter.com/200-hour-yoga-teacher-training-in-rishikesh-enroll-now.

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