chhatra

English

Noun

chhatra (plural chhatras)

1. (India) Alternative form of chatra.
   • 1838, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 7, part 2:

     A gift of land is held to be complete in all its parts, when accompanied by a couch shell, a seat of honor, a chhatra, a good horse and a good carriage.

   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 583:

     All the emblems of sovereignty including the chhatra were in place on Father's elephant and war was resumed.

   • 2008, A Satish Babu, Tourism Development in India, page 89:

     Originally mounted on a circular drum was the dome or the hemispherical super structure crowned by a railed harmika and a chhatra.