A quiet artist beginning to meditate in retreat (6)

I think it could be either:

ashram

ashrpm

'retreat' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a quiet artist beginning to meditate' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'sh'.
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'beginning to' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'meditate' is 'm'.
'a'+'sh'+'ra'+'m'='ASHRAM'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ashram that I've seen before include "Commune" , "Place of religious retreat for Hindus" , "holy man's retreat" , "etreat" , "religious community" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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