Monastery in Malayalam
Monastery is മഠം (madam) in Malayalam, ma-dam, used for Hindu monastic establishments and, by extension, for convents. Several well known institutions in Kerala carry it in their names.
Monastery, convent, nunnery, house of a Brahmin, school for teaching the Vedas (holy scriptures), ancient Gurukula.
മലമുകളിൽ ഒരു പഴയ മഠം ഉണ്ട്.
malamukalil oru pazhaya madam undu.
There is an old monastery on the hilltop.
All Malayalam words for “monastery”
- മഠം (madam) — Monastery, convent, nunnery, house of a Brahmin, school for teaching the Vedas (holy scriptures), ancient Gurukula.
- ചൈത്യം (chaithyam) — Masonry work, rampart, sacrificial altar, house, temple, Buddhist monastery, tombstone.
മഠം (madam) is the living word for a monastery or religious house, also used of a brahmin household and an old Vedic school, while ചൈത്യം (chaithyam) is a Buddhist monastery or shrine and belongs to history and archaeology.
Common questions
How do you say monastery in Malayalam?
Use മഠം (madam) for a monastery.
What is a chaithyam?
ചൈത്യം (chaithyam) is a Buddhist shrine or monastery building, a word met in writing about ancient sites rather than in modern speech.