Dasehra
noun
Da·se·hra
variants or Dasara or Dusserah or Dasahara or Dasahra
ˈdəsərə
ˌdəs(h)əˈhərə
ˈdəsərə
plural -s
: a 10-day Hindu festival originally in honor of the Ganges but later of Durga and held in the month Asin
Word History
Etymology
Sanskrit daśaharā, literally, one taking away ten (sins), from daśa ten + harā, feminine of hara carrier, from harati he carries, takes; akin to Greek chortos pasturage, grass, enclosure