शरण śharaṇ

शरण śaraṇa sharāṉ (nf) shelter, refuge; recourse; protection.

S شرن शरण śaraṇa, vulg. śaran, and saraṇ , s.m. & f. Protection, preservation, security, safety, defence, help; a place of shelter or refuge, refuge, asylum, retreat; a house, habitation; — s.m. (f. -ā), Protector, preserver, defender; — adj. Protecting, preserving, &c.: — śaraṇāpanna (˚na+āp˚), part. (f. -ā), Gone to for protection, taken refuge: — śaraṇārth (˚ṇa+ar), adv. For the sake of protection: — śaraṇārthī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Soliciting an asylum, seeking refuge, dependent on others for protection or aid; unfortunate, wretched; — one who solicits an asylum, &c.: — śaraṇāgat (˚ṇa+āg˚), part. adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Come for protection; — one who comes for protection or refuge, a refugee, fugitive; a complainant, an appellant: — śaraṇāgat-vatsal, adj. & s.m. Compassionate or merciful to those who come for sanctuary; — an epithet of the Deity: — śaraṇāgati, or śaraṇāgatī, s.m. A taking refuge, flying (to) for protection: — śaraṇāgatī, s.m. = śaraṇāgat, q.v.: — śaraṇ ānā (-ke or -kī), To come (to one) for protection, to seek the protection (of), to take refuge (in), to have recourse (to): — śaraṇa-da, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Shelter-affording; — shelterer, protector: — śaraṇ lenā (-kā or -kī) = śaraṇ ānā, q.v.