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śaraṇa

m. (for 2. See p. 1057, col. 1) one of the arrows of Kāma-deva, [Cat.]

n. falling asunder, bursting, falling in [Vop.]

killing, slaying, [L.]

what slays or injures, [MW.]

śaraṇá mfn. (fr. √ śṛ for śri; for 1. See p. 1056) protecting, guarding, defending, [RV.]; [AV.]

śaraṇá m. N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]

of a poet, [Gīt.] (cf. -deva)

of a king, [Buddh.]

śaraṇá f(A and I). N. of various plants &c. (prob. w.r. for saraṇā, °ṇī, q.v.)

śaraṇá n. (ifc. f(A). ), shelter, place of shelter or refuge or rest, hut, house, habitation, abode, lair (of an animal), home, asylum, [RV.] &c. &c.

śaraṇá n. refuge, protection, refuge with (śaraṇaṃ √ gam or yā or i &c., ‘to go to any one for protection, seek refuge with’ [acc. or gen.]; often ifc.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

water, [L.]

(with indrasya) N. of a Sāman, [ĀrṣBr.]