Is "Ashram" is related to Hinduism and does it have any religious connotations?
From ancient times, sages and rishis used to establish ashrams to impart education to their disciples. I don't know if there was any other term for their establishment.
"Ashray" best means a house, but it is closer to being a "refuge". The term "aashrit" would come close to it, meaning one who is seeking or got a refuge.
The terms like vriddhashram perhaps came up because old people spend their remaining years of life remembering God or practicing piousness.
For terms like Sudhar Grih (for jail) or for many other related terms, "grih" or "ashray" are used and not "ashram"..
Even the right term is "grihastha ashram", for married life, and brahmcharya ashram for unmarried student life. Because the four phases of life are seen as in connected with ideal life as prescribed in the Hindu scriptures. So I think the word ashram has a connection (and hence connotation) of association with Hinduism...
I will list the dictionary meanings of ashram:
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ash·ram [ahsh-ruhm]
noun
1. a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
2. the persons instructed there.
http://dictionary.reference.
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Definition of ASHRAM
1 : a secluded dwelling of a Hindu sage; also : the group of disciples instructed there
2 : a religious retreat
Origin of ASHRAM
Sanskrit āśrama, from śrama religious exercise
http://www.merriam-webster.
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ashram [ˈæʃrəm ˈɑːʃ-]
n
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives
2. a house that provides accommodation for destitute people
[from Sanskrit āśrama, from ā- near + śrama religious exertion]
http://www.thefreedictionary.
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ASHRAM<===> प्रार्थना स्थल (pr. \\prarthana sthal \\ )[Noun]
Example:The saint had an ashram on teh hill top.
http://dict.hinkhoj.com/words/
"Ashray" best means a house, but it is closer to being a "refuge". The term "aashrit" would come close to it, meaning one who is seeking or got a refuge.
The terms like vriddhashram perhaps came up because old people spend their remaining years of life remembering God or practicing piousness.
For terms like Sudhar Grih (for jail) or for many other related terms, "grih" or "ashray" are used and not "ashram"..
Even the right term is "grihastha ashram", for married life, and brahmcharya ashram for unmarried student life. Because the four phases of life are seen as in connected with ideal life as prescribed in the Hindu scriptures. So I think the word ashram has a connection (and hence connotation) of association with Hinduism...
I will list the dictionary meanings of ashram:
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ash·ram [ahsh-ruhm]
noun
1. a secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for religious retreat or instruction in Hinduism.
2. the persons instructed there.
http://dictionary.reference.
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Definition of ASHRAM
1 : a secluded dwelling of a Hindu sage; also : the group of disciples instructed there
2 : a religious retreat
Origin of ASHRAM
Sanskrit āśrama, from śrama religious exercise
http://www.merriam-webster.
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ashram [ˈæʃrəm ˈɑːʃ-]
n
1. (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a religious retreat or community where a Hindu holy man lives
2. a house that provides accommodation for destitute people
[from Sanskrit āśrama, from ā- near + śrama religious exertion]
http://www.thefreedictionary.
--
ASHRAM<===> प्रार्थना स्थल (pr. \\prarthana sthal \\ )[Noun]
Example:The saint had an ashram on teh hill top.
http://dict.hinkhoj.com/words/
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