An Ashram is an ascetic's or religious renunciant's home.
- The term comes from a variant of the verb "to struggle," and it has many meanings:
- On the one hand, an ashram is a location where one may give up traditional worldly objectives;
- On the other, it is a place where one can earnestly pursue spiritual aims that are frequently overlooked in the material world.
- The term may also refer to a wide variety of living arrangements in contemporary Hinduism (both in India and elsewhere), from a small hut or cave inhabited by one person to grandiose building complexes that can accommodate hundreds of people at a time.
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