dharmsalan.
/dɑːmˈsɑːlə/, U.S. /ˌdɑrmˈsɑlə/, /ˌdərmˈsɑˌlɑ/ India.
A building devoted to religious or charitable purposes, esp. a resthouse for travellers.
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a1805 in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (Stanf.).
1826 W. B. Hockley Pandurang Hari I. 255 I then proceeded to the durhm sallah, or place where travellers put up, and where I had left the two females.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 233/2 A Dharma Sala, one or more sheds or buildings for the accommodation of the mendicants or travellers who are constantly visiting the math.
1920 Chambers's Jrnl. 434/1 Even the precincts of the regimental mosque and dharmsala (Sikh temple) were examined.
1922 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 550/2 At the door of the dhormsal I was met by some of the priests.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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