شرن

शरण śaraa, vulg. śaran, and sara, 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, etc.:—śaraāpanna (˚na+āp˚), part. (f. -ā), Gone to for protection, taken refuge:—śaraārth (˚a+ar), adv. For the sake of protection:—śaraārthī, adj. & s.m. (f. -inī), Soliciting an asylum, seeking refuge, dependent on others for protection or aid; unfortunate, wretched;—one who solicits an asylum, etc.:—śaraāgat (˚a+āg˚), part. adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Come for protection;—one who comes for protection or refuge, a refugee, fugitive; a complainant, an appellant:—śaraāgat-vatsal, adj. & s.m. Compassionate or merciful to those who come for sanctuary;—an epithet of the Deity:—śaraāgati, or śaraāgatī, s.m. A taking refuge, flying (to) for protection:—śaraāgatī, s.m.=śaraāgat, q.v.:—śara ānā(-keor -kī), To come (to one) for protection, to seek the protection (of), to take refuge (in), to have recourse (to):—śaraa-da, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), Shelter-affording;—shelterer, protector:—śara lenā(-kāor -kī) = śara ānā, q.v.