neuter
Jantāghara [accusative to Abh. 214 = aggisālā, a room in which a fire is kept (viz. for the purpose of a steam bath, i.e. a hot room, cf. in meaning Mhg. kemenate = Latin caminata, German stube = English stove; Low German pesel (room) = Latin pensile (bath) etc.) Etymology uncertain. Bühler KZ 25, page 325 = yantra-gr̥ha (oil-mill?); E. Hardy (D. Lithuanian t͡ɕ. 1902, page 339) = jentāka (hot dry bath), cf. Vinaya Texts I 157; III 103. In all probability it is a distorted form (by dissimilation or analogy), perhaps of °jhānt-āgāra, to jhā to burn = Sanskrit kṣā, jhānti heat or heating (= Sanskrit kṣāti) + āgāra, which latter received the aspiration of the first part (= āghāra), both being reduced in length of vowels = jant-āghara] 1. a (hot) room for bathing purposes, a sitz bath Vin I 47, 139; II 119, 220 f., 280; III 55; M III 126; Ja II 25, 144; Vism 18; Dīp VIII 45. 2. living room Ja I 449.
a heated room; a room with a fire (normally used before bathing, not for bathing
【中】 蒸汽浴房，桑拿浴屋。
(nt, nt, comp) steam room; sauna hot room for steam bath [lit.] machine house Construction: jantā + ghara