Dussehran.
/ˈdʌʃərə/, Indian English /ðəˈʃəhraː/ East India.
A Hindu annual festival extending over nine nights (or ten days) in the month Jaishṭha (September-October).
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1799 Sir J. Malcolm in Trans. Bombay Lit. Soc. (1820) 3 73 (title) On the institution and ceremonies of the Hindoo Festival of the Dusrah.
1813 J. Forbes Oriental Mem. IV. xxxix. 97 This being the desserah, a great Hindoo festival..we resolved to delay our departure, and see some part of the ceremonies.
1849 Benares Mag. II. 1 Our friends..are coming over to spend the Dasserah with us.
1889 Daily News 7 Oct. 5/6 The Mahommedans have built a mosque in a street through which the Hindoo procession passes on the occasion of the Dusserah festival.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2022).
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