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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Jauhara (जौहर) [Also spelled jauhar]:—(nm) valour; skill or skilful manipulation; a mediaeval Rajput custom wherein the women performed self-immolation to save their honour; —[dikhānā] to prove one’s mettle/valour.

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