धर्मशाला dharmśhālā

dharm-śālā, s.f. A court of justice; an edifice erected for pious purposes, a charitable institution, hospital, alms-house, monastery, a place of rest for travellers and pilgrims.

धर्म dharm (sanskrit)

What is to be held or kept: the complex of religious and social obligations which a devout Hindu is required to fulfil, right action, duty; morality; virtue, virtuous life; justice.
Customary observances of community or sect, etc.
The prescriptions or sanctions of religion; moral law.
Religion.
Particular nature or character; walk of life; way of life (e.g. of a woman as opposed to a man, of a man as opposed to a youth); caste.
Spiritual merit, as deriving from the fulfilment of dharma.

धर्म dharma dharm / ~शाला a hospice, a free-of-charge public lodging.

धर्मशाला f a rest house for travellers and pilgrims or an alms house built as an act of religious merit.

Dharmshala. Free hotel for pilgrims.

शाला śālā sha:la: (nf) a house, residence; school; suffixed as the second member in compound words to denote a place dedicated to or meant for a particular purpose (as पाठशाला, धर्मशाला).