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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शरणśaraṇaa.See शरण्य; शरणान्यशरण्यानि आश्रमाणि कृतानि नः Rām.7.6.5.

    See शरण्य; शरणान्यशरण्यानि आश्रमाणि कृतानि नः Rām.7.6.5.

    In the Gita2·499·1818·6218·66

    बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥

    buddhau śaraṇamanviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phalahetavaḥ. — Works are far inferior to Yoga of the intelligence, O Dhananjaya; desire rather refuge in the intelligence; poor and wretched souls are they who make… 2·49
    • शरणम्śaraṇamnominative or accusative singular of the neuter noun śaraṇa (refuge).
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  2. अशरणaśaraṇaa.Helpless, forlorn, destitute of refuge; बलवदशरणोऽस्मि Ś.6; so अशरण्य.

    Helpless, forlorn, destitute of refuge; बलवदशरणोऽस्मि Ś.6; so अशरण्य.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शरणśaraṇa[sar-ana] n. [√srî] falling to pieces, collapse.
    1. [sar-ana] neuter [√srî] falling to pieces, collapse.
    2. [sar-aná] adjective [√3. sri] protecting, guarding (Veda, Vedic, Epic); masculine (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit) noun of a poet; neuter shelter, hut, habitation (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); protection, refuge (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit): --˚, refuge with or for: -m gam, i, yâ, etc. go to (accusative) for protection, seek refuge with (accusative, rarely genitive).
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  2. अशरणaśaraṇa[a-saran-a] n. defencelessness; a. un protected, helpless; -î-kri, render defenceless; -ya, a. affording no…

    [a-saran-a] neuter defencelessness; adjective un protected, helpless; -î-kri, render defenceless; -ya, adjective affording no protection; defenceless.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शरणśaraṇam. (for 2. see p. 1057, col. 1) one of the arrows of Ka1ma-deva काम-देव Cat.
    1. masculine gender (for 2. see page and participle 1057, column 1) one of the arrows of Ka1ma-deva काम-देव catalogue or catalogues
    2. neuter gender falling asunder, bursting, falling in Vop.
    3. neuter gender killing, slaying Lexicographers
    4. neuter gender what slays or injures MW.
    5. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from √शृ for श्रि; for 1. see page and participle1056) protecting, guarding, defending fg-veda AV.
    6. masculine gender Name of a serpent-demon MBh.
    7. masculine gender of a poet Gi1t. (confer, compare -देव)
    8. masculine gender of a king Buddh.
    9. f(आ and ई). Name of various plants etc. (probably wrong reading for सरणा, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedणी quod vide)
    10. neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).), shelter, place of shelter or refuge or rest, hut, house, habitation, abode, lair (of an animal), home, asylum fg-veda etc.
    11. neuter gender refuge, protection, refuge with (शरणं √गम् or या or इ etc., "to go to any one for protection, seek refuge with" [accusative or genitive case]; often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') Mn. MBh. etc.
    12. neuter gender water Lexicographers
    13. neuter gender (with इन्द्रस्य) Name of a Sa1man सामन् A1rshBr. 2.
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  2. अग्निशरणagniśaraṇan. house or place for keeping, the sacrificial fire.

    neuter gender house or place for keeping, the sacrificial fire.

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  3. अशरणaśaraṇamf(आ)n. destitute of refuge, defenceless R. Megh. S3ak. &c.

    mf(आ)neuter gender destitute of refuge, defenceless R. Megh. S3ak. etc.

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  4. अशरणीकृतaśaraṇīkṛtamfn. deprived of refuge VarBr2S.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective deprived of refuge VarBr2S.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (Pan5cat.)
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  5. अशरण्यaśaraṇyamfn. not yielding refuge MBh. R.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not yielding refuge MBh. R.
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective destitute of refuge, wanting refuge R. iii, 55, 65 Das3.
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  6. त्रिशरणtriśaraṇan. "threefold refuge" = -रत्न Buddh.
    1. neuter gender "threefold refuge" Equivalent to -रत्न Buddh.
    2. neuter gender the three-refuge formula of Buddhists Buddhists MWB. 78.
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